Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:02:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why does hal think my USB devices are fixed? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910141200180.73752@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <6201873e0910141029r75cad42fk55c92cf25bbef340@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0910141055410.73454@wonkity.com> <6201873e0910141029r75cad42fk55c92cf25bbef340@mail.gmail.com>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---902635197-242327288-1255543330=:73752 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 14 Oct 2009, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > Fixed as opposed to removable. hal used to see these USB > devices--USB memory sticks, memory cards in a reader--as > removable devices. Which they are. > > Same computer, same config that used to automount these devices > as removable, but now FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and hal says they are > fixed devices: > > org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed no <-- (action, result). > > Is this be due to the USB system? > > It's a config option in /usr/ports/sysutils/hal "fixed mountpoints" is off, but I think that's "fixed" as in "use the same mountpoint every time", not fixed as in non-removable. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ---902635197-242327288-1255543330=:73752--
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