[SOLVED] How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

[walto]

When I plug in a usb stick the device notifier let me select what to do. I would like to change this behavior and want to start Dolphin automatically when a usb drive is attached.
Is there a way to do this?

[Mountain Man]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

I may be wrong, but I don't think you can in KDE 4.3.x. It's a new feature coming in 4.4.

[Vistaus]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

You're right Mountain Man

[walto]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

I tried to add a new udev rule:

#USB-Stick
BUS=="usb", KERNEL=="sd?1", SYSFS{idVendor}=="090c", SYMLINK+="CORSAIR", RUN+="/usr/bin/dolphin /media/CORSAIR"

and added /media/CORSAIR to fstab.
But the stick is not mounted to /media/CORSAIR and I still get the menu from device notifier.

Must I really wait for kde 4.4?

[Rog131]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

Earlier/automount:

> Topic: Kubuntu Karmic does not mount USB device automatically.
- The KDE 4 is using a device notifier (or manager) plasmoid to present the options for a new device.
- Some of the plasmoids have the option to automount.

> How do I make it so my usb or cd shows up on the desktop when inserted?


Do It Yourself (only an example - limits: one USB stick at the time - etc...)

Making a mountpoint

1) Plugging the USB memory in, checking the device with the command:

sudo blkid

Here it is:

/dev/sde1: UUID="DA4F-DAF5" TYPE="vfat"

2) Making a mountpoint:

sudo mkdir -p /media/usb1

3) Setting rights:

sudo chmod 777 /media/usb1

4) Editing the fstab
Alt+F2: "kdesudo kate /etc/fstab"
Backup first !

Adding to the /etc/fstab:

# a mountpoint for the usb flash drive
/dev/sde1 /media/usb1 auto noauto,user,rw 0 0

Here the Usb memory sticks are telling:

lsusb

SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 1/2/4GB Flash Drive
...
Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd CBM2080 Flash drive controller

Writing a script (automount_open_with_dolphin)

#!/bin/sh

while [ 1 ]
do
  if [ ! "`lsusb | grep Flash`" ]; then
   mounted=0
  fi

  if [ "`lsusb | grep Flash`" -a "$mounted" = 0 ]; then
   mount /media/usb1
   dolphin /media/usb1
   mounted=1
  fi

  sleep 2
done

Dropping it in to the ~/.kde/Autostart and making it executable.

Log out - log in.

Plugging USb stick in. It seems to work...

[walto]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

Thanks for providing the script!

WhenI run this script I get the message

/dev/sdb1 does not exist

Although blkid shows

/dev/sdb1: LABEL="MYLINUXLIVE" UUID="7067-E8B4" TYPE="vfat"

[Rog131]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

Yes, that is because there is some lag (5 sec ?) between detection of the device and when it is mountable.


This seems to work ( ):

#!/bin/sh

while [ 1 ]
do
  if [ ! "`lsusb | grep Flash`" ]; then
   mounted=0
  fi

  if [ "`lsusb | grep Flash`" -a "$mounted" = 0 ]; then
   mount /media/usb1
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     mounted=0
   else
     dolphin /media/usb1
     mounted=1
   fi
  fi

  sleep 2
done

If there is an error (an exit code of non zero) then it waits a moment and tries to mount again...

[walto]

Re: How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?

If there is an error (an exit code of non zero) then it waits a moment and tries to mount again...

Yes, that works!
Thanks for your script (and sorry for answering so late, but work kept me busy...)