From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 3 11:44:53 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 2E3A3106564A for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:44:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE9C78FC16 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:44:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.copeland@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so826647qwb.7 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:44:51 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=OTDXnmnt+1CyrZOng9PBdLGOFrYzLSpEzv1Vfsu5Cr4=; b=vU4PfpcEnvsi206Hdut0ZB+tgM1V/JoiZnLy+hUz3O5hG+R9UEne0Imo07IvXmpJZo lxL8TigbBsfgO7GgyCbb95j7CfMRPiV7dOnSuMsbKAs+aHd/cjgzXI8M5gJHiscFQmsj VXTKRBZSN4+hOhQ5C94Bjgc0pcS5vKYbedOLQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type; b=jwsiGS4/YBoiKz0h7a9uy3cNB9Jjkz1xjD4Ftfp1JLK3DXJ2wPxR8LcFNyKVR6BxDH 51jfCZkM/+ecgDukqfv0zw6RZsqljBw/z2swE6IHGuMMyWif1oaMmUz4/eEzERuJ59V3 ok24erfb8lzyc86yq/aS8Zlg5U/xVn3XsjyT0= Received: by 10.214.216.9 with SMTP id o9mr13107235qag.202.1228304691727; Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:44:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.1.148? (adsl-074-245-053-043.sip.jax.bellsouth.net [74.245.53.43]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm4315294ywi.58.2008.12.03.03.44.49 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:44:49 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <49367132.50506@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:44:50 -0500 From: michael User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080925) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Cran References: <20081121211828.GA9493@kokopelli.hydra> <20081202162808.GA5851@kokopelli.hydra> <493586D3.6040703@gmail.com> <20081202203207.514033ee@tau> In-Reply-To: <20081202203207.514033ee@tau> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: 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 11:44:53 -0000 Bruce Cran wrote: > 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. > yeah.. i don't use that. mine are mounted with smbfs.