====== Disabling Device Detection Dialog ======

Whenever you attach a removable storage device - an SD card or USB device - a dialog will appear asking you whether you wish to open the device with an application. This dialog will also appear after logging on if a device is connected at the time. The following sections explain how to disable it every time you connect a device or just after start up, re-enabling it after a short time period.  **Note that this technique will not work on the eeePC 900.**


===== Disabling it always =====

To disable the Device Detection Dialog from appearing whenever you connect a removable storage device, enter the following command in a console (press Ctrl+Alt+T in Easy Mode):

  sudo chmod a-x /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog

To reverse, enter:

  sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog

How this works: The chmod command -x stops the xandros_device_detection_dialog file from being an executable and +x makes it executable again.




===== Disabling at startup only =====

To disable the dialog after logging in only, re-enabling after a set time period, following the instructions below. They will require the use of a command console. For Easy Mode users, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open one.

  - Rename the Device Detection Dialog using the 'mv' command:<code>sudo mv /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog.copy</code>
  - Create a new file in place of the old one:<code>sudo kwrite /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog</code>
  - Copy and paste the following into the file:<code>#!/bin/sh
awk '$1 < 40 { exit 1 }' /proc/uptime && xandros_device_detection_dialog.copy "$@" &</code>
  - This is equivalent but avoiding a new awk process:<code sh>#!/bin/bash
IFS=. read U1 E1 < /proc/uptime
[ $U1 -gt 40 ] && xandros_device_detection_dialog.copy "$@" &</code>
  - Set execute permissions on the file:<code>sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog</code>

**Note:** You can change the number **40** in the script to vary the amount of time following logging in that the dialog is disabled. Increase it if the dialog is appearing after you log in.

**Note:** On the eeepc 1000 the detecting mechanism has changed from "/usr/bin/xandros_device_detection_dialog" to "/usr/bin/usbstorageapplet". You can still use the same trick as above, replacing all occurrences of xandros_device_detection_dialog to usbstorageapplet.

//**None of these methods seems to work if usbstorageapplet version 1.0.53-1 or later is installed.  Make sure you have version 1.0.33-1 installed.  It is also recommended that you lock the package so that it is never automatically updated**//

===== Source =====
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=17476#p17476