Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:28:21 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Mounting A Floppy from the GNOME Desktop] Message-ID: <1093750101.55460.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <41314D74.9060108@earthlink.net> References: <4131432D.5020308@earthlink.net> <1093748306.55460.15.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <41314B2F.7000108@earthlink.net> <41314D74.9060108@earthlink.net>
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--=-1Fupx5VCb+F8IeSkowRh Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 23:28, Bob Perry wrote: > Bob Perry wrote: >=20 > > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 22:45, Bob Perry wrote: > >> =20 > >> > >>> Forgot to cc the list. > >>> > >>> -------- Original Message -------- > >>> Subject: Re: Mounting A Floppy from the GNOME Desktop > >>> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:42:32 -0400 > >>> From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> > >>> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > >>> References: <41310868.50603@earthlink.net>=20 > >>> <1093733394.55460.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >>> > >>> =20 > >>> > >>>> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 18:34, Bob Perry wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> =20 > >>>> > >>>>> Section 7.10.1 of the Nautilus 2.6.3 help text instructs you to > >>>>> open the Computer icon on the GNOME desktop and double click > >>>>> on the Floppy object if you wish to mount a floppy diskette. The > >>>>> only objects in my Computer dialogue box are the FileSystem > >>>>> and Network objects. There is a floppy folder in the FileSystem > >>>>> file but I was expecting an icon/object as indicated. This is my > >>>>> fstab data: > >>>>> > >>>>> # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > >>>>> /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > >>>>> > >>>>> Is there other inofrmation available which will help me resolve=20 > >>>>> this issue? > >>>>> =20 > >>>>> =20 > >>>> > >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q19 > >>>> > >>>> Joe > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> =20 > >>>> > >>>>> Thank you. > >>>>> Bob Perry > >>>>> =20 > >>>>> =20 > >>>> > >>> Thanks Joe for the faq2 site. It's now a part of my bookmarks. > >>> > >>> Both floppy and cdrom objects appear in the Computer dialogue > >>> window but I receive the message "Unable to mount selected > >>> volume. msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied." when I select > >>> the floppy. Similar problem with the cdrom object. > >>> > >>> I receive the same message when mounting manually from the > >>> command line as user. However, there is no problem when I > >>> "su" to root and then mount the floppy. I have user ownership > >>> of both mountpoints. > >>> =20 > >> > >> > >> You also need to make sure you have write access to the device in > >> question (e.g. /dev/fd0 or /dev/acd0c). If not, you will only be able > >> to mount the volume read-only from the command line. > >> =20 > >> > > The directory entries look like this: > > /dev/fd0 crw-r----- root operator > > /dev/acd0c crw-r----- root operator > > > > > > Bob > > > Just noticed that the Nautilus file manager doesn't recognize > the change to root when you perform the "su" command. > That would explain the permissions problem. My guess is that if > I ran startx as root, the problem would be solved. Yes. If you did that, you wouldn't need vfs.usermount, either. Joe >=20 > Bob --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-1Fupx5VCb+F8IeSkowRh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBMU1Vb2iPiv4Uz4cRAjHuAJkBSMwBTgzOVYVZ2MiDydAsPI9KiACeLRyE Zw4F4AY33H72QWb9FCVHtCY= =TSe6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-1Fupx5VCb+F8IeSkowRh--
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