Guest joopi Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Hi, This is my first post and I'm new to mandrake linux... I've been trying to learn how to use it for the past couple days now, but i'm not sure what to do about this problem.. every time i try to browse through my /mnt/ dir in root, the system will just stop working.. but only for about 30 seconds. even if i do this with quick browser it will do the same thing. the only time it will work, however, is when I try to access it with other programs.. then it will work fine. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 what happens if you browse through it with a console? E..g cd /mnt cd cdrom etc.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joopi Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 yes that works, its just in KDE, when I try to look through it in either quick browser or konqueror.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 haven't a clue sorry. Your answer suggests that its a KDE problem. I take it you don't have CD's in the drive or anything goofy like that? Also, how about hdparm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Counterspy Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Try this: 1) From the console type: mount /mnt/cdrom 2) Then exit console 3) Can you access your complete CD? Tell us the results. Counterspy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 Hi, This is my first post and I'm new to mandrake linux... I've been trying to learn how to use it for the past couple days now, but i'm not sure what to do about this problem.. every time i try to browse through my /mnt/ dir in root, the system will just stop working.. but only for about 30 seconds. even if i do this with quick browser it will do the same thing. the only time it will work, however, is when I try to access it with other programs.. then it will work fine. Any suggestions? It's supermount. Anytime you go into the /mnt/ directory it will scan all the subdirectories and if you have a CDROM or DVD that mounts there and there is no disk in it then supermount will take a long time before it realizes there is no disk in the drive. If this really bothers you then the only alternative I know is to disable supermount. But then you will have to manually mount CDROMs before you can read them. This is easier than it sounds but not as convenient as using supermount. Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fat_larry Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 Is there any way to adjust the time-out on supermount? this would surely help....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted November 28, 2002 Report Share Posted November 28, 2002 Glitz is correct, its a supermount problem, which will soon be fixed. If your using mdk 9.00, you can use the removable media icon on your desktop to view CDs, If you want to view other drives, (say windoze), right click on desktop, choose new hard drive, and give the mnt / point. This will put a shortcut on the desktop, bypass supermount and show your drive contents in a folder, instantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOlson Posted November 29, 2002 Report Share Posted November 29, 2002 I disabled supermount because the time was REALLY annoying to me. supermount -i disable But you may not wanna do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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