From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 31 17:24:00 2007 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 2E5EA16A419 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:24:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ababiy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd3mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F7A13C467 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:23:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ababiy@shaw.ca) Received: from pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr4so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.107]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JNN008VOEZFR3A0@l-daemon> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:23:39 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pd3ms1so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.122.125]) by pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JNN00A1ZEZB9Z70@pd2mr4so.prod.shaw.ca> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:23:36 -0600 (MDT) Received: from shaw.ca (pd3ms1so-con.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.122.165]) by l-daemon (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JNN001VSEYPOW50@l-daemon> for FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:23:13 -0600 (MDT) Received: from [10.0.144.152] (Forwarded-For: [10.0.146.152]) by pd3ims1.prod.shaw.ca (mshttpd); Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:23:13 -0700 Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:23:13 -0700 From: Andriy Babiy To: Koen de Wijs Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-language: en Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline X-Accept-Language: en Priority: normal Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: auto mount xfce4 and kde 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: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:24:00 -0000 > Edit devfs.conf and fstab files > With permissions and links. > > Koen de Wijs wrote: >> Hello, >> >> This week I installed FreeBSD on a computer of mine. Everything works >> fine but one thing I can't get working. >> Every person should be albe to work with the machine. The only thing >> that isn't working is auto-mounting of cd-roms and usb-sticks. If KDE >> is started and I put a usb-stick in the computer there should appear a >> icon on the desktop with the usb drive on it and that should also work >> for cd-roms. On XFCE4 there should also appear an icon; >> >> I saw auto-mounting working on Linux Mandriva and PCBSD but how do I >> get it working with FreeBSD KDE and XFCE4? >> I installed hal, dbus and policykit and added these lines to rc.conf: >> >> dbus_enable="YES" >> hald_enable="YES" >> polkitd_enable="YES" >> >> I also added the regular user to the group operators. >> >> What do I need to do to get it working? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Koen de Wijs You might want to have a look at: /usr/ports/sysutils/k3b/pkg-message This file contains a detailed step-by-step instruction on how to enable mounting for non-privileged users. Also, the following port might be of interest to you: /usr/ports/sysutils/am-utils Andriy