FIXME: describe how to connect/insert media, add section about media handling (where we could also cover the device notifier - Fate #302545) , for file management, refer to Dolphin chapter
If you insert or connect removable media to your computer (such as CD-ROMs, digital cameras, or USB sticks), these are usually automatically detected. In KDE, a dialog appears, showing the medium type detected and offering several options of what to do with the new medium. The list of options depends on the type of medium inserted.
To view the data with a file manager, select
and click . The Konqueror file manager appears, showing the contents of the removable device.For the same action to be performed every time you insert a removable medium of that type, activate
in the detection dialog before clicking .If you insert or connect a removable medium to the system that has been encrypted with LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup), KDE recognizes this and prompts for the password as shown in Figure 2.3, “Automatic Detection of an Encrypted USB Stick”. Enter the password to access the encrypted medium.
For information about encrypting removable media, refer to Abschnitt „Verschlüsseln des Inhalts von Wechselmedien“ (Kapitel 36, Verschlüsseln von Partitionen und Dateien, ↑Referenz).
Procedure 2.3. Configuring Removable Media Handling
In the autodetection dialog, you can also configure how KDE should handle several types of removable media. For example, if you know that a certain type of medium that you use often always contains photos, you can configure it to open an image viewer application automatically:
In the autodetection dialog, click
.A configuration dialog appears, showing a list of all available actions.
Click the
drop-down list and select the type of medium for which to configure a certain action. The list of available actions now only shows actions applicable to the medium type selected.Select the action to apply and click
.Click the
tab and make sure is selected.Click
to apply the changes and close the configuration dialog. Now every time you insert a medium of this type, the configured action is executed automatically and the autodetection dialog does not appear any more.Procedure 2.4. Restoring Default Media Handling Options
To reset the action assigned to the type of medium and restore the default options, proceed as follows:
Start the KDE control center from the main menu by selecting
+ .In the left-hand navigation bar, click
+ . The configuration dialog appears on the right.Click
and . The next time you insert a medium, the autodetection dialog appears again, leaving you the choice of what to do with the medium.KDE offers several ways to access removable media at any time. Clicking Figure 2.5, “My Computer”.
on the desktops opens a view as shown in
If you start Konqueror as a file manager (see
Chapter 4, Managing Folders and Files with Konqueror) and click on the start window or enter
media:/
in the location bar, Konqueror displays the
storage devices as shown in
Figure 2.6, “Displaying Media in Konqueror”.
You can also name removable devices, such as USB sticks, with Konqueror. Right-click the USB stick in Konqueror and select
. On the tab, enter a name in the input field and click . When inserting the stick the next time, Konqueror displays the name of the stick.A small green arrow indicates that a medium has been mounted (integrated into your file system, which is necessary to access the data on the medium). In openSUSE, you normally do not have to care about mounting removable devices because this is done automatically by default.
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If you want to remove or disconnect a medium from your computer, make sure that the data on the medium is currently not accessed by any application or user. Otherwise, you risk a loss of data. To safely remove the medium, proceed as follows:
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