<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"> ]> <article lang="&language;"> <title>Removable Devices</title> <articleinfo> <authorgroup> <author><firstname>Trever</firstname><surname>Fischer</surname></author> <!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> </authorgroup> <date>2009-11-26</date> <releaseinfo>&kde; 4.4</releaseinfo> <keywordset> <keyword>KDE</keyword> <keyword>Systemsettings</keyword> <keyword>automount</keyword> <keyword>device</keyword> </keywordset> </articleinfo> <para> This dialog allows you to configure automatic handling of removable storage media. </para> <para>Enabling the automatic mounting features in this module you do not need to use the device notifier applet or the navigation panel in the file manager to get access to a recently plugged in device. </para> <para>At the top of the dialog you find the global settings, which can be overridden for each single device in the <guilabel>Device Overrides</guilabel> list. For a single-user desktop it is recommended to have all the check boxes above the overrides list enabled. </para> <variablelist> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Enable automatic mounting of removable media</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> When this is unchecked, no device automounting of any kind will happen, regardless of anything selected in the <guilabel>Device Overrides</guilabel> section. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Only automatically mount removable media that has been manually mounted before</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> When this is checked, &kde; will only automatically mount devices it remembers. A device is <quote>remembered</quote> if it has ever been mounted before; ⪚ plugging in a USB media player to charge is not sufficient to <quote>remember</quote> it. If the files are not accessed, &kde; will not automatically mount the player next time it is seen. Once they have been accessed, however, &kde; will remember to automatically make the contents accessible to your system. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Mount all removable media at login</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> If any removable storage devices are connected to your system when you login to your desktop, &kde; will automatically make the contents available to your system for other programs to read. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Automatically mount removable media when attached</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> When this is checked, &kde; will automatically make the contents of any storage device available to the system when it is plugged in or attached. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guilabel>Device Overrides</guilabel></term> <listitem><para> This list contains the storage devices known to &kde;. If <guilabel>Automount on Login </guilabel>is checked, the device will be automatically mounted even though <guilabel>Mount all removable media at login</guilabel> is unchecked. The same applies for <guilabel>Automount on Attach</guilabel>.</para> <para> If <guilabel>Enable automatic mounting of removable media</guilabel> is unchecked, the overrides do not apply and no devices will be automatically mounted. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><guibutton>Forget Device</guibutton></term> <listitem><para> Clicking this button causes &kde; to <quote>forget</quote> that the selected devices ever existed. This is only useful if <guilabel>Only automatically mount removable media that has been manually mounted before</guilabel> is checked. Once a device is forgotten and &kde; is set to only automatically mount familiar devices, the device will not be automatically mounted. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para> </para> </article>