Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:31:20 +0100 (CET) From: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> To: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and USBmemorystick Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112322110.13616@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> In-Reply-To: <200811112040.10468.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112006430.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <200811112040.10468.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net>
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I installed (pkg_ad -r) desktopbsd-tools following instructions from http://desktopbsd.net/wiki/doku.php?id=doc:desktopbsd_tools_in_freebsd I did: # chgrp wheel /dev/da0 # chmod g+w /dev/da0s1 (I believe USB key is /dev/da0) # chgrp wheel /dev/ad0 # chmod g+w /dev/ad0s1 (anyway, did that too) # sysctl vfs.usermount=1 # chmod 1775 /media # ls -la / | grep media drwxrwxr-t root wheel /media # sysctl vfs.usermount=1 started $ /usr/local/bin/dbsd-traymounter inserted an USB memory key In Konqueror still nothing to see in /media what's wrong?? > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 20:25:51 Pieter Donche wrote: >> If I insert a USB memory stick in my laptop with FreeBSD 7.0 nothing >> happens. On the same laptop in the SuSE 10.1 partition, the same USB >> stick appears in Konqueror under Storage Media and is ready to use) >> In FreeBSD, Konqueror shows nothing under Storage Media. >> Is this normal? > > This requires HAL-support with KDE and the KDE MEdia Manager enabled in the > system services. It's fragile to get working and often requires extensive > knowledge of HAL, dbus and policykit. This is where PC-BSD can be seen as > SuSE for linux, as it has configured all these things to work out of the box, > that normally a FreeBSD system administrator would set up. > > Alternatively, one can use the desktopbsd-tools from the ports to add some GUI > system tray apps, among which a removable media manager. > > -- > Mel > > Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules > and never get to the software part. >
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