Plasma/Notificador de dispositivo

El Notificador de dispositivos se usa para gestionar dispositivos extraíbles como pendrives USB (también llamados unidades flash), cámaras digitales, discos duros externos USB, etc. También entra en juego cuando se inserta un medio como un CD o un DVD en una unidad óptica.

Cuando conectas un dispositivo externo, o cargas un nuevo medio en una unidad, la ventana del Notificador aparece (también puedes abrirla haciendo clic en su icono en el panel). Permanece abierta mientras el cursor está sobre ella, de lo contrario se cierra tras unos segundos.

The Notifier window shows a list of all the devices it currently knows about. Moving the mouse cursor over a device will highlight how many possible actions are associated with that device.

Clicking anywhere in the shaded box around the device name (but not on the eject/unmount icon if present) expands the entry to show the list of possible actions for that device. The set of actions depends on the device; it is configurable from System Settings. Simply select one with the mouse or keyboard to launch that action.

There is also a small icon to the right of each entry showing whether that device is currently accessible (or mounted) or not. Only when a device is not mounted is it safe to physically disconnect it from the computer. Clicking on the icon causes the device to be unmounted and/or the medium to be ejected if it is currently mounted, and will mount it if it isn't. Note that unmounting/ejecting might fail if the device still has open files on it, e.g. if a large file copy hasn't finished. In most cases you can just wait a while and try again. When an unmounting has succeeded, a success icon will be shown on the Device Notifier's icon.