Re: Device names with space do not show up on the desktop

[Mark Finlay <sisob tuxfamily org>]

Vivek, everyone is mad busy and this seems to have slipped through,
please file a bug so that it doesnt get forgotten.

Mark

On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 08:42, Vivek Bhanuprakash wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I wanted the device names shown in the desktop to have spaces. So, I
> changed /etc/fstab to include spaces for the mount points.
> 
> e.g. (dummy example)
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/DVD\040Drive type supermount
> /dev/cdroms/cdrom1 /mnt/CD\040Writer type supermount
> 
> Also, I created the appropriate entries under /mnt
> 
> e.g. mkdir "/mnt/CD Writer"
> mkdir "/mnt/DVD Drive"
> 
> After restarting the computer, I can see that the drives have been
> mounted correctly by running the 'mount' command.
> 
> But, when I log on into Gnome, the desktop does not show any of above
> devices.
> 
> If I launch Nautilus File Manager and change the left pane to show the
> directory tree, the device names are shown correctly with spaces.
> 
> To see if spaces where causing the problem, I changed the fstab entries
> to remove the spaces and also changed the appropriate entries under /mnt
> to have no spaces. Restarting and logging on into Gnome, now shows the
> above devices without spaces on the desktop.
> 
> Is this a bug or do I need to change some setting somewhere to see
> device names with spaces on the Gnome desktop ?
> 
> Thank you
> Regards
> Vivek
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