Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

[arist]

KDE 4.3.2. I like having the Device Notifier plasmoid in the panel, but I don't like having it automatically pop up and having to click on the panel icon to make it go away. Does anyone know of a way to disable the automatic pop-up?

[Snowhog]

Re: Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

Right-click on the "i" icon in the System Tray and click on System Tray Settings.
Uncheck the item(s) under Pop Up Notices

[arist]

Re: Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

Thanks, but that just disables pop-ups in the System Tray. Device Notifier isn't in the System Tray, at least not on my desktop: it's just in the panel. Is it possible to move plasmoids into the system tray?

[Snowhog]

Re: Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

Sorry. I read your post, but mis-read it!

From within the configuration for the widget, there is no way to disable the pop-up behavior. Would defeat the intended purpose of it anyway. Searching (locate) on devicenotifer results, on my system, only the following files:

/usr/lib/kde4/plasma_applet_devicenotifier.so
/usr/share/kde4/services/plasma-applet-devicenotifier.desktop
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_devicenotifier.mo
/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_applet_devicenotifier.mo

[arist]

Re: Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

I was afraid of that. I just removed the plasmoid altogether: I don't think I'll miss it.

As for its intended purpose, it seems to me that since KDE4 no longer provides the right-click-on-desktop-icon method of working with a device, it would be nice to have a panel icon that, with one click, gives us the same menu of options. Device Notifier could do that just as well without popping up all the time. I've been serial-ripping CDs today, and it got downright annoying to have that big window obscuring the desktop every time a new CD went in, and having to hunt down the little icon to get rid of it.

[Rog131]

Re: Disable Device Notifier pop-up?

Alternatives
(KDE 4.3)

The Linux is alternatives.

Shortly:
- The KDE 4 is using a device notifier (or manager) plasmoid to present the options for a new device.
- The plasmoid will show available actions play/rip/whatever... for a device.
- Some of the plasmoids have more options than the other.

[img width=377 height=400]http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/7554/plasmoids.png[/img]

The Desktop Manager plasmoid have an option to: "Show the popup when a device is inserted" or not to show it.

[img width=400 height=210]http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1505/settingsil.png[/img]

Earlier > Topic: Kubuntu Karmic does not mount USB device automatically. >> Device Manager.

The "Device Manager" is merged to the "Device Notifier" in the KDE 4.4 ( > device notifier work for 4.4).


Binaries can be found from the PPA /1/ repositories > Show PPAs matching: plasma-widget-device-manager.


/1/ > FAQ: Repositories & Using the PPA repositories


More links:
> Topic: [RESOLVED] Video DVDs
> Topic: DVD Drives
> Topic: desktop files
> Topic: [SOLVED] How can I start Dolphin automatically when USB stick is plugged in?