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Simon Waters wrote: > Paul Sutton wrote: >> Can i re-install ubuntu without reformatting the hard drive its on, > > Yes > >> so in effect a working config replaces what ever is broken. > > That wouldn't seem to offer any advantage over formatting and > reinstalling to me. > >> either that if I reinstall fully, i.e format the drive that its >> installed to, what will happen to stuff like the gpg configuration >> (/home is not on a different partition), I am guessing all this will be >> preserved, including how thunderbird is set up, to use enigmail. > > Backup /home first as a minimum. > > But I think installing over should be fine in that regard. > >> reinstal + formatting is a last resort, but I am really stuck with >> getting flash drives etc to simply auto mount and display on the desktop >> once mounted. > > It isn't a complicated process, although it had changed a fair bit > between versions of GNOME/KDE and Linux, mostly with the layer that > presents the hardware to the desktop being rewritten over time. > > If it isn't working in GNOME or KDE, I'd suggest either: > > The hotplugging isn't working - usually reading kern.log is enough. > > Something else is interfering with the mount. > > gnome-volume-manager isn't installed or somethings has been removed taking that with it, just had a look through synaptic and its not installed so I am doing that now. > > Did you fiddle with /etc/fstab or other automount config files? > fstab was re-written from the original, when Neil Stone was helping me move /home to a new patition, However see above > Did you fiddle with hardware layer, or kernel modules? > -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Next Linux User Group meet : Feb 7th : 3pm, Shoreline Cafe Paignton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html