Adding Icons to Places Computer

Please see the following pae for some help with working with adding drives.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DrivesAndPartitions

I will try this link again but if I remember that it doesn´t answer my question!

Can you also provide some additional information about your hardware?

1. Is your external hard drive connected via USB?

2. What file system type has the drive been formatted to? e.g. NTFS? FAT?

And here's some useful commands that will help us determine some facts about your drive, hardware, and file system. Please post the output.

$ sudo lshw -class disk
$ sudo fdisk -l
$ df -h
$ ls -l /media/

If you mount anything to a directory under the /media directory, e.g. /media/usbdisk/, then you will automatically have an icon placed in your Computer windows. These volumes are also placed on your desktop.

I am pasting all information about my CPU here for you Gilbert..
The last Disc in the list then I have other problems also trying to get an Icon on the places (location) computer..
Also the DVD players/Rcorders are not showing up right also.

desktop
    description: Desktop Computer
    product: System Product Name
    vendor: System manufacturer
    version: System Version
    serial: System Serial Number
    width: 32 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4
    configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop uuid=A079145B-6E99-DB11-B4F5-001731B17DD2
  *-core
       description: Motherboard
       product: M2NPV-VM
       vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC.
       physical id: 0
       version: 1.xx
       serial: 123456789000
     *-firmware
          description: BIOS
          vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
          physical id: 0
          version: ASUS M2NPV-VM ACPI BIOS Revision 0801 (03/13/2007)
          size: 128KB
          capacity: 448KB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
     *-cpu
          description: CPU
          product: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 1
          bus info: cpu@0
          version: 15.3.3
          slot: Socket AM2
          size: 2800MHz
          capacity: 3700MHz
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 200MHz
          capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8legacy ts fid vid ttp tm stc
        *-cache:0
             description: L1 cache
             physical id: a
             slot: L1 Cache
             size: 128KB
             capacity: 128KB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back data
        *-cache:1
             description: L2 cache
             physical id: b
             slot: L2 Cache
             size: 1MB
             capacity: 1MB
             capabilities: synchronous internal write-back unified
     *-memory:0
          description: System Memory
          physical id: 37
          slot: System board or motherboard
          size: 4GB
        *-bank:0
             description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 0
             serial: None
             slot: A0
             size: 2GB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
        *-bank:1
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 1
             serial: None
             slot: A1
             width: 64 bits
        *-bank:2
             description: DIMM 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 2
             serial: None
             slot: A2
             size: 2GB
             width: 64 bits
             clock: 667MHz (1.5ns)
        *-bank:3
             description: DIMM [empty]
             product: None
             vendor: None
             physical id: 3
             serial: None
             slot: A3
             width: 64 bits
     *-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Host Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 4
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 0
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.1
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:3 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 1
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.2
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.2
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:4 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 5
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.3
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.3
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:5 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 4
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.4
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.4
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          capabilities: bus_master
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:6 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Host Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.5
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.5
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          capabilities: bus_master cap_list
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:7 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 3
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.6
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.6
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-memory:8 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: C51 Memory Controller 2
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 0.7
          bus info: pci@0000:00:00.7
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-pci:0
          description: PCI bridge
          product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 2
          bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
     *-pci:1
          description: PCI bridge
          product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 3
          bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
     *-pci:2
          description: PCI bridge
          product: C51 PCI Express Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 100
          bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          capabilities: pci pm msi ht pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=pcieport-driver
     *-display
          description: VGA compatible controller
          product: C51PV [GeForce 6150]
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 5
          bus info: pci@0000:00:05.0
          version: a2
          width: 64 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: pm msi vga bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 module=nvidia
     *-memory:9 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: MCP51 Host Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 9
          bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          capabilities: ht bus_master cap_list
          configuration: latency=0
     *-isa
          description: ISA bridge
          product: MCP51 LPC Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: a
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
          version: a3
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: isa bus_master
          configuration: latency=0
     *-serial
          description: SMBus
          product: MCP51 SMBus
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: a.1
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.1
          version: a3
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: pm cap_list
          configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0 module=i2c_nforce2
     *-memory:10 UNCLAIMED
          description: RAM memory
          product: MCP51 Memory Controller 0
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: a.2
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.2
          version: a3
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
          configuration: latency=0
     *-usb:0
          description: USB Controller
          product: MCP51 USB Controller
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: b
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
          version: a3
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ohci_hcd
     *-usb:1
          description: USB Controller
          product: MCP51 USB Controller
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: b.1
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.1
          version: a3
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=ehci_hcd
     *-ide:0
          description: IDE interface
          product: MCP51 IDE
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: d
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: ide pm bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=AMD_IDE latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=amd74xx
        *-ide:0
             description: IDE Channel 0
             physical id: 0
             bus info: ide@0
             logical name: ide0
             clock: 66MHz
           *-cdrom:0
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GSA-H55L
                physical id: 0
                bus info: ide@0.0
                logical name: /dev/hda
                version: 1.00
                capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: mode=udma4 status=nodisc
           *-cdrom:1
                description: DVD-RAM writer
                product: SONY DVD RW AW-G170A
                physical id: 1
                bus info: ide@0.1
                logical name: /dev/hdb
                version: 1.62
                capabilities: packet atapi cdrom removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
                configuration: mode=udma4 status=nodisc
        *-ide:1
             description: IDE Channel 1
             physical id: 1
             bus info: ide@1
             logical name: ide1
             clock: 66MHz
           *-disk
                description: ATA Disk
                product: ST3400620A
                vendor: Seagate
                physical id: 1
                bus info: ide@1.1
                logical name: /dev/hdd
                version: 3.AAE
                serial: 5QH07DPZ
                size: 372GB
                capabilities: ata dma lba iordy smart security pm partitioned partitioned:dos
                configuration: mode=udma5 smart=on
              *-volume:0
                   description: Linux filesystem partition
                   physical id: 1
                   bus info: ide@1.1,1
                   logical name: /dev/hdd1
                   capacity: 363GB
                   capabilities: primary bootable
              *-volume:1
                   description: Extended partition
                   physical id: 2
                   bus info: ide@1.1,2
                   logical name: /dev/hdd2
                   size: 9538MB
                   capacity: 9538MB
                   capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
                 *-logicalvolume
                      description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                      physical id: 5
                      logical name: /dev/hdd5
                      capacity: 9538MB
                      capabilities: nofs
     *-ide:1
          description: IDE interface
          product: MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: e
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0e.0
          logical name: scsi1
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list emulated
          configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=sata_nv
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: MAXTOR STM350063
             vendor: ATA
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sda
             version: 3.AA
             serial: 9QG2875L
             size: 465GB
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
             configuration: ansiversion=5
           *-volume
                description: HPFS/NTFS partition
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                capacity: 465GB
                capabilities: primary bootable
     *-ide:2
          description: IDE interface
          product: MCP51 Serial ATA Controller
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: f
          bus info: pci@0000:00:0f.0
          version: a1
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: ide pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=sata_nv latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3 module=sata_nv
     *-pci:3
          description: PCI bridge
          product: MCP51 PCI Bridge
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 10
          bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: pci ht subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
        *-firewire
             description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
             product: TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
             vendor: Texas Instruments
             physical id: 5
             bus info: pci@0000:04:05.0
             version: 00
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
             capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
             configuration: driver=ohci1394 latency=32 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2 module=ohci1394
     *-multimedia
          description: Audio device
          product: MCP51 High Definition Audio
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 10.1
          bus info: pci@0000:00:10.1
          version: a2
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: pm msi ht bus_master cap_list
          configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2 module=snd_hda_intel
     *-bridge
          description: Ethernet interface
          product: MCP51 Ethernet Controller
          vendor: nVidia Corporation
          physical id: 14
          bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
          logical name: eth0
          version: a3
          serial: 00:1b:fc:01:53:b9
          size: 100000000
          capacity: 1000000000
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 66MHz
          capabilities: bridge pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
          configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.60 duplex=full ip=72.190.125.70 latency=0 link=yes maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 module=forcedeth multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
     *-pci:4
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 101
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:5
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 102
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:6
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 103
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
     *-pci:7
          description: Host bridge
          product: K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
          vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
          physical id: 104
          bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
          version: 00
          width: 32 bits
          clock: 33MHz
          configuration: driver=k8temp module=k8temp
     *-scsi:0
          physical id: 6
          bus info: usb@1:2
          logical name: scsi4
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: Stylus Storage
             vendor: EPSON
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 1.00
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: ansiversion=2
           *-disc
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdb
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 7
          bus info: firewire@00101003001078da
          logical name: scsi6
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: ST3500641A
             vendor: Seagate
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             version: 4.07
             serial: &
             size: 465GB
             capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
           *-volume
                description: W95 FAT32 (LBA) partition
                physical id: 1
                bus info: scsi@6:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sdc1
                capacity: 465GB
                capabilities: primary bootable
root@ets-desktop:~#

The Last Disc is the external one!!!

Good info so far. Please also provide use with output of:

$ ls -l /media
$ df -h

Gilbert Here is the new Info

Thanks for you helping me.
I will be getting book (Beginning UBUNTU Linux ) by Keir Thomas. Is this the best book for someone that does not know very much???

root@ets-desktop:~# ls -l /media
total 24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 2007-12-01 06:46 cdrom -> cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-01 06:46 cdrom0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-01 06:46 cdrom1
drwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12288 2007-12-13 15:53 disk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 2007-12-01 06:46 floppy -> floppy0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-12-01 06:46 floppy0
root@ets-desktop:~#

root@ets-desktop:~# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdd1 358G 3.6G 336G 2% /
varrun 1.6G 92K 1.6G 1% /var/run
varlock 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /var/lock
udev 1.6G 88K 1.6G 1% /dev
devshm 1.6G 0 1.6G 0% /dev/shm
lrm 1.6G 34M 1.6G 3% /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
/dev/sda1 466G 143G 324G 31% /media/disk
root@ets-desktop:~#

Looks like all is well, and the disk simply needs to be mounted so you may interact with it. Typically, you will find it useful to mount your volumes to an empty directory in /media/.

Create an empty directory called "disk2":
$ sudo mkdir /media/disk2

Mount the FAT partition to the new directory:
$ sudo mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /media/disk2

To set up your FAT partition to be automounted every time you boot, edit the /etc/fstab file, and add the following line:
/dev/sdc1 /media/disk2 vfat defaults,umask=0000 0 0

Gilbert said I could make this come up during boot up but I can not seem to edit
etc/fstab file.

I tried gedit and it is denying access

root@ets-desktop:~# sudo gedit /etc/fstab
cannot open display:
Run 'gedit --help' to see a full list of available command line options.
root@ets-desktop:~# gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

(gksudo:17225): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:

Thank You for the Help I Really appreciate it.

I Still need to modify the work environment to have other hardware visible in places computer. Another time though