Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:33:52 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Michael Nottebrock <lofi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: molnarcs@gmail.com, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HAL with new kdebase (permission problems) Message-ID: <458B0BD0.7070805@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200612212325.29958.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <200612212154.27696.molnarcs@gmail.com> <200612212325.29958.lofi@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Thursday, 21. December 2006 21:54, Csaba Molnar wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I installed kdebase with HAL support - it is still greyed out in kcontrol, >> but seems to work. > > That's normal - the ability to switch from HAL to fstab and back at runtime > disappeared a while ago, but nobody ever removed the checkbox. > >> However, when I try to mount an usb memory stick, it >> complains about a permission problem. > > First up, make sure you have the latest version of kdebase, kdebase-3.5.5_1. > > Then check /usr/ports/UPDATING - I added a few HAL-specific issues to the > latest entry for kdebase. > >> Mounting it in a traditional way works. > > Does that mean you have an /etc/fstab entry for it? That needs to go, hal > refuses to mount devices listed in fstab (commenting it out will work, too). > >> My user is in groups wheel and >> operator, vfs.usermount is on > > Just FYI, vfs.usermount is not required for mounting devices with HAL, neither > is any group membershit. > Not true. You need to be a member of the operator group to mount removable media with HAL unless KDE is not going through D-BUS for mounting. Joe - -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFiwvQb2iPiv4Uz4cRAgmhAJsEGF6mZba7EzZpUHHtOQN5xmLGHACgpyI9 0DN8RSYakXhAN6JKGJmIKt8= =qJqt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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