[SOLVED] Showing removable media on the desktop

Moving a little further up the KDE4 learning curve. I logged in to KDE on a different machine and was presented with a blank screen to which I had to add a panel manually (classic) and then populate with various icons. So far so good but how do you get removable media to show up automatically on the desktop? Googling and trying various system menus and configuration dialogues drew a blank. Currently a DVD and a USB drive are mounted. I can access the USB drive via konsole; it is mounted at the usual /run/media/lcl/whatever. In GNOME an icon appears on the desktop whenever a removable drive is attached and that has a right-click menu containing a umount command, which is the most convenient way to unmount. This precise subject does not appear to have affected anyone else in the forums. I did do a couple of searches and look at the FAQ.