From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 11 22:31:21 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E781065677 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be [143.129.75.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486AC8FC13 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:31:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be) Received: from hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8) with ESMTP id mABMVK9p019730; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:31:20 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (pdon@localhost) by hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be (8.13.8+Sun/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id mABMVKwI019727; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:31:20 +0100 (CET) X-Authentication-Warning: hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be: pdon owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:31:20 +0100 (CET) From: Pieter Donche X-X-Sender: pdon@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be To: Mel In-Reply-To: <200811112040.10468.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Message-ID: References: <200811112040.10468.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and USBmemorystick X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Pieter Donche List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:31:21 -0000 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. >