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Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46
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Posted: Sun 02 Dec 2012, 17:37 Post subject:
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I have chosen the desktop to be blank but I would like an icon to show up when a usb stick gets connected
how can I configure puppy as such?
thanks in advance
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Mon 03 Dec 2012, 12:35 Post subject:
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Puppy usually adds an icon when new removable media is insert.
Which Puppy and by which method have you set the desktop to be blank?
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46
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Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2012, 01:54 Post subject:
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I'm running lucid 528. I have used Desksetup to set the desktop blank.
I'm configuring a puppy session for kids and I don't want them to be able to access the hard drive easily.
However if they connect some usb device , I would like desktop to show this icon so that they just have to click it in order to have access.
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Tue 04 Dec 2012, 09:16 Post subject:
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nice find, I didn't know about 'Desktop Setup ...'
The file it configures is /etc/eventmanager
Unfortunately, I can't find a way for it to let you have usb (removable) icons and not the harddrive icons. Maybe a work around would be another way to let your children access only usb, or maybe one folder. Unless someone knows better?
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 09:25 Post subject:
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thank you so far,
there might be a way, finding a possibility to show only the usb division of pmount
I will post this question on a new thread
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darkcity

Joined: 23 May 2010 Posts: 2545 Location: near here
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 12:10 Post subject:
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good idea, are you going to make a hacked version of Pmount?
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postfs1
Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 820
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 14:16 Post subject:
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ashes wrote: | I have chosen the desktop to be blank but I would like an icon to show up when a usb stick gets connected
how can I configure puppy as such?
thanks in advance |
Maybe through /etc/fstab --->
perhaps the user has an opportunity to turn on the AUTO MOUNT for USB sticks and to turn off the AUTO MOUNT for HDDs.
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 19:17 Post subject:
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darkcity wrote: | good idea, are you going to make a hacked version of Pmount? |
yes, I guess so. with help of the forum if I find no other solution
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46
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Posted: Wed 05 Dec 2012, 19:21 Post subject:
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postfs1 wrote: |
Maybe through /etc/fstab --->
perhaps the user has an opportunity to turn on the AUTO MOUNT for USB sticks and to turn off the AUTO MOUNT for HDDs. |
I've had that that idea, too, but fstab looks very blank by default
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ocpaul20
Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 255 Location: PRC
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Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2012, 03:12 Post subject:
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could you not let the kids run as user spot and deny access to spot ? Would that work?
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xophist

Joined: 10 Dec 2012 Posts: 26 Location: Coastal Texas
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Posted: Tue 11 Dec 2012, 19:47 Post subject:
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ashes wrote: | I have chosen the desktop to be blank but I would like an icon to show up when a usb stick gets connected
how can I configure puppy as such?
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I run my setup script after booting. Among other things, it runs this:
rox -p <path>/PuppyPin_bare
PuppyPin_bare is just a copy of /root/Choices/ROX-Filer/PuppyPin with all the unwanted icons commented out:
<!--
unwanted line
unwanted line
-->
So the session starts with a bare desktop, but new icons appear for devices added later, such as flash drives.
Here's a recap:
1. copy the default PuppyPin somewhere
2. comment out blocks of lines using the XML comment syntax show above
3. execute "rox -p <path to modified PuppyPin>"
Devices added later will automagically be allocated desktop icons. At least that's how it worked for slacko5.3.3 and now slacko5.4
HTH
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