From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 23 20:53:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD6716A4CE; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:53:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from lakemtao08.cox.net (lakemtao08.cox.net [68.1.17.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FF0243D39; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:52:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([68.103.32.11]) by lakemtao08.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031224045259.XQMT2412.lakemtao08.cox.net@mezz.mezzweb.com>; Tue, 23 Dec 2003 23:52:59 -0500 Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 22:52:09 -0600 To: Simon Barner References: <1071901810.451.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20031224043249.GA51185@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> From: Jeremy Messenger Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20031224043249.GA51185@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> User-Agent: Opera7.23/Linux M2 build 518 cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users cc: Joe Marcus Clarke Subject: Re: Looking for something to do? X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 04:53:01 -0000 On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 05:32:49 +0100, Simon Barner wrote: >> * gstreamer[-plugins]: Make sure your favorite plug-in works. Try >> testing out gst-capable apps such as rhythmbox, gst-mixer, >> nautilus-media, etc. > > Koop Mast and me are working on this. I was able to build quite a lot of > plugins, but I did not do any testing before. > > Since I'll be away from FreeBSD until 29th, I have uploaded my current > work here: > > http://home.leo.org/~barner/freebsd/gsp/ I get 404 error here.. > If you want to use these patches, be sure to contact Koop first, since > is working on disjoint problems of the port, and I asked him to merge my > results. > >> * Nautilus' volume monitor code: The volume monitor code has been >> completely re-written in GNOME 2.5, and I'm much happier with the >> FreeBSD code. I've tried to make the functionality as close to Linux as >> possible, but you never know. What you should test here is make sure a >> mounted CD/DVD or floppy disk shows up on the desktop. You should also >> be able to do ``sysclt vfs.usermount=1'' then add an entry to fstab >> where the mount point is owned by a user other than root, then see that >> icon on your desktop even when the disk is not mounted. You should then >> be able to right-click on the icon, and mount the disk. > > Unfortunately, that does not work for me. > I set vfs.usermount=1, and my /etc/fstab looks like this: > > /dev/acd0c /home/simon/cdrom cd9660 ro,nosuid,noauto 0 0 > /dev/fd0.1440 /home/simon/floppy msdos rw,nosuid,noauto 0 0 Can you mount it as normal user in the command line? I had to put user in the operator group then setup in the devfs.conf: own acd0 root:operator perm acd0 0666 As for 4.x will need to do 'chgrp operator /dev/acd0c' and chmod it to 0666.. You can find more info in the /usr/share/doc/${YOUR_LANG}/books/faq/disks.html.. Cheers, Mezz > I can mount the volumes via computer:///, but there are no mount links > on the desktop. > > Happy holidays, > Simon -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz.