Version: 1.6.1 (using KDE 4.6.5) OS: Linux KDE doesn't read the label partition of a flash memory device without a partition table When I insert/connect a newUSB flash memory device (without a partition table) KDE doesn't read correctly the partition label but show the device name This happens with some ebook reader (for example Onyx Boox 60) KDE 4.3.x showed me the correct label name (or the dimension of the partition) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: prepare ad-hoc the device: for example a flash usb device pointed by /dev/sdd mkfs.vfat -I -l A_casual_name /dev/sdd connect the new device and see the name assigned by dolphin and/or the device-notifier of KDE Actual Results: The showed name of the device is the name of the phisical device Expected Results: The showed name of the device should be the label of the partition
Some additional info: My ebook reader (Onyx Boox 60) have a storage capacity of about 300 MB, formatted as FAT32 and without a partition table (in this case the entire /dev/sdd) udisks detect the label of the FAT32 partition (it is "boox") but KDE shows me a disk labeled as "Linux File-Stor Gadget" this is the output of the command udisks --monitor-detail when I plug my ebook reader added: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdd Showing information for /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sdd native-path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:16.2/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/host14/target14:0:0/14:0:0:0/block/sdd device: 8:48 device-file: /dev/sdd presentation: /dev/sdd by-id: /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Linux_File-Stor_Gadget_372041756775-0:0 by-id: /dev/disk/by-uuid/B873-47A7 by-path: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:16.2-usb-0:2:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 detected at: ven 09 set 2011 21:23:28 CEST system internal: 0 removable: 1 has media: 1 (detected at ven 09 set 2011 21:23:28 CEST) detects change: 1 detection by polling: 1 detection inhibitable: 1 detection inhibited: 0 is read only: 0 is mounted: 0 mount paths: mounted by uid: 0 presentation hide: 0 presentation nopolicy: 0 presentation name: presentation icon: automount hint: size: 325058560 block size: 512 job underway: no usage: filesystem type: vfat version: FAT32 uuid: B873-47A7 label: boox drive: vendor: Linux model: File-Stor Gadget revision: 0322 serial: 372041756775 WWN: detachable: 1 can spindown: 0 rotational media: Yes, unknown rate write-cache: unknown ejectable: 0 adapter: Unknown ports: similar devices: media: compat: interface: usb if speed: 480000000 bits/s ATA SMART: not available
Is this still happening with 4.10?
Yes, still happens. I have tried with the latest unstable version of Kubuntu (Live distro, version alpha 2 with KDE 4.10) The disk is again labeled as "Linux File-Stor Gadget"
Ah wait, this is a known issues and there is a fix WIP: http://www.afiestas.org/extra-mile-device-handling/ Will try to add it for 4.10.2
I'm using KDE 4.10.5 and the problem still exists. Hence I think the patch was not applied yet
on KDE 4.11.5 the problem seems solved