Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:44:50 -0500 From: michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and hardware?? Message-ID: <49367132.50506@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20081202203207.514033ee@tau> References: <20081121211828.GA9493@kokopelli.hydra> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A0039AF219@Email.cbord.com> <20081202162808.GA5851@kokopelli.hydra> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A0039AF749@Email.cbord.com> <493586D3.6040703@gmail.com> <20081202203207.514033ee@tau>
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Bruce Cran wrote: > On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:04:51 -0500 > michael <michael.copeland@gmail.com> 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. > yeah.. i don't use that. mine are mounted with smbfs.
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