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How to have my desktop show nothing but removable drives?
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46 |
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: 2544 Location: near here |
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? _________________ helping Wiki for help |
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46 |
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: 2544 Location: near here |
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? _________________ helping Wiki for help |
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ashes
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 46 |
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: 2544 Location: near here |
good idea, are you going to make a hacked version of Pmount? _________________ helping Wiki for help |
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postfs1
Joined: 27 Mar 2010 Posts: 820 |
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 |
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 |
I've had that that idea, too, but fstab looks very blank by default |
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ocpaul20
Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Posts: 241 Location: PRC |
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 |
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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