Re: [tlug] SD Card not appearing on desktop. Again.

["Keith Bawden" <keith@example.com>]

> But, in the interest of proceeding slowly, carefully, and in a way I can
> understand so I reproduce again, I figure I should ask the following
> questions first:
>
> Are these udev rules necessary (or have they been obsoleted by later
> kernel configurations)?

Yes they are necessary.

> Which one is the right one to copy to my new set up?

Not sure. There is some good doco on the net about udev rules [1].

> Do I need to do anything else besides copying the files to make these
> rules take effect?

Restart udev.

> How do I get it to take effect (without having to reboot)?

Restart udev.

> If it doesn't work and I delete the file again, will I need to do
> anything else to remove them from my configuration?

Restart udev after you remove the rules :-)

Restarting udev may be different between distros. /etc/init.d/udev
restart  <-- Something like this may or may not work.

Regards, Keith

[1] http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html