From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 04:32:18 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB3581065673 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [66.246.138.153]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E4CE8FC14 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 04:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id F216419067; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:32:16 -0500 (EST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on muon X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=8.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.2.5 Received: from tau (unknown [66.45.161.67]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:32:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:32:07 -0800 From: Bruce Cran To: michael Message-ID: <20081202203207.514033ee@tau> In-Reply-To: <493586D3.6040703@gmail.com> References: <20081121211828.GA9493@kokopelli.hydra> <20081202162808.GA5851@kokopelli.hydra> <493586D3.6040703@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.14.4; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bob McConnell , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 04:32:18 -0000 On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:04:51 -0500 michael wrote: > Bob McConnell wrote: > > 2. Do an SMB mount of remote directories onto the desktop or your > > home directory. Open any application and access files in that > > directory as easily as when they are on the local drive. [...] > also, my vlc sees any mounted drive or directory, no matter the > protocol. so does mplayer, etc. i don't know why your system doesn't > operate correctly, but i don't have that issue at all. > e,g: > /mnt/Azureus Downloads > this mount is mounted over samba from a computer on the other side of > the house, and i see everything on it and play my files over the > network. But it doesn't work if you use "Places -> Connect to Server" - the share appears on the Desktop as though it's mounted, but you have to realise that it's actually a GVFS mount, not a kernel-level mount. So only Gnome applications which know about GVFS are able to see the files. -- Bruce Cran