>>> >> Did the OpenSuse KDE3 people resolve this problem?
>>> >
>>> > I think OpenSuse use my udisks2 backend.
>>>
>>> Ah, OK.  Was this implemented in a manner that could be
>>> included into TDE as an alternate backend?
>>
>> Here is the patch:
>>
>> https://github.com/serghei/kde3-kdebase/commit/27cc062c6b172fd6e93addb510
>>
>> One change I think is needed for TDE, in
>> kioslave/media/kcmodule/CMakeLists.txt, the include_directories section.
>> TDE probably needs an "if (WITH_HAL)... else" test to use the original
>> as-is lines. That way the modules build correctly on HAL-enabled
>> systems.
>>
>> Darrell
>
> It looks like we can port that patch to TDE with minimal effort.  Is there
> any way to get github to export the entire patch as a plain-text diff?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tim

I should mention that this new backend complements TDEHWLib, but does not
replace it. ;-)  TDEHWLib provides much more than the (crude) automount
support, which appears to have recently failed.

Tim