This had been bugging me for quite some time now and tried a ton of stuff. Finally found the solution in the description of usbmount in the synaptic package - Just install pmount and hal packages. You might need to reboot for this to take effect - after this it works like a charm.
It was working fine in all desktops (Ubuntu 7.04) in our organisation but was bothering me on my laptop and now that is solved too.
Laptop - Compaq Presario V6120US
I have all the following configured on my laptop:
1. nvidia graphics drivers with 3D Effects
2. Full multimedia
3. Audio input/output
4. Skype, pidgin, webcam
5. Wifi
6. USB drive
7. Flash
In short I have a Ubuntu laptop with full hardware and software functionality.
I have loaded 32 bit Ubuntu on my 64 bit laptop - 64 bit Ubuntu seems to have problems with Wifi. And that seems to be the *only* problem.
Full details at a later date but flash was the only one which bothered me and hence this post for other users. Rest of the installations/configurations are easy or handled out of the box(Including synaptic repositories) except webcam and wifi which need a bit of tweaking.
I am starting to understand now why Ubuntu is really all that great. I have been using Redhat/Fedora since 1998 and briefly dabbled with Suse 10.2 but this is the first time I have felt that Linux has a fighting chance on the desktop.
It was working fine in all desktops (Ubuntu 7.04) in our organisation but was bothering me on my laptop and now that is solved too.
Laptop - Compaq Presario V6120US
I have all the following configured on my laptop:
1. nvidia graphics drivers with 3D Effects
2. Full multimedia
3. Audio input/output
4. Skype, pidgin, webcam
5. Wifi
6. USB drive
7. Flash
In short I have a Ubuntu laptop with full hardware and software functionality.
I have loaded 32 bit Ubuntu on my 64 bit laptop - 64 bit Ubuntu seems to have problems with Wifi. And that seems to be the *only* problem.
Full details at a later date but flash was the only one which bothered me and hence this post for other users. Rest of the installations/configurations are easy or handled out of the box(Including synaptic repositories) except webcam and wifi which need a bit of tweaking.
I am starting to understand now why Ubuntu is really all that great. I have been using Redhat/Fedora since 1998 and briefly dabbled with Suse 10.2 but this is the first time I have felt that Linux has a fighting chance on the desktop.
