Usb flash drive not mounting when inserted (SOLVED)

Hi,
I am (now) using fvwm-crystal with rox as my file manager and when i insert a usb flash drive in to a usb port nothing happens. I check /media and nothing is there. Yes i do have hal started at boot.
I reinstalled arch with xfce4.
Last edited by theringmaster (2007-10-09 20:28:42)

Well, there are the on-line manual pages:
man ivman
man IvmConfigActions.xml
man IvmConfigBase.xml
man IvmConfigConditions.xml
man IvmConfigProperties.xml
And there are examples in the default files (/etc/ivman/) provided with Ivman.
But that you probably already know. I'm not familiar with any other docs, except maybe tutorials on the net if you count them as docs

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