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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:02:10 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: Why does hal think my USB devices are fixed?
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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
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