Also check if it gets properly mounted after clicking on it in the file manager / whatever. Use the "mount"-command in the terminal without arguments to display all mounted volumes with their options and mount points. Check if your external volume is listed there (at the bottom of the list) and if there's a folder in the file system next to it. If there is, your HDD should be accessible in that folder. Use "lsblk" to identify your HDD if you don't know the drive letter. Maybe an entry in /etc/fstab explicitly specifying the drive's UUID and some specific folder and options for mounting it may fix the behaviour of KDE. Regards, Lukas

On 02 Aug 2017, at 09:18, KY Chou via arch-general wrote:

Hi,

Maybe you should check the link/URL that the icon of the disk represents. I don't have a KDE arch right now, but I think it's in the 'Properties' option of right-click menu or something like that.

-kyechou

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

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Hello,

I have an external hard disk and when I plug it into KDE arch I see the name of it, when I click on it , I see the disk spinning but I can't open the content of the disk. Sometimes, I see error like "Malformed URL" in a dialog box. However, I can use the disk completely fine on Arch GNOME and Windows. So I think it's my KDE setup which has some error.

Can anyone help me diagnose what is going on ?

Thanks

N

I don't have any /run/media , my run folder contains other folders, but not /media Sent from BlueMailhttp://www.bluemail.me/r?b=10256 On Aug 2, 2017, at 5:34 PM, SanskritFritz via arch-general mailto:arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:54 AM, Junayeed Ahnaf via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: I have an external hard disk and when I plug it into KDE arch I see the name of it, when I click on it , I see the disk spinning but I can't open the content of the disk. Sometimes, I see error like "Malformed URL" in a dialog box. However, I can use the disk completely fine on Arch GNOME and Windows. So I think it's my KDE setup which has some error. Check if /run/media/yourusername/ is empty when not mounted. That is the folder where KDE wants to mount the disk.

Do you know what command is failing? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udev https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/udisks https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/autofs On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 9:54 AM, SanskritFritz via arch-general < arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 4:44 PM, Junayeed Ahnaf wrote:

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I don't have any /run/media , my run folder contains other folders, but not /media

Try to create it. Maybe you have the problem here.