Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:04:13 -0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and USBmemorystick Message-ID: <200811112104.13257.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112032500.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112006430.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20081111192900.GA5398@icarus.home.lan> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112032500.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be>
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On Tuesday 11 November 2008 5:39:02 pm Pieter Donche wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 08:25:51PM +0100, 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? > > > > What shows up in your kernel message log (outside of X, usually on the > > first virtual console) when you insert the stick? It should show a > > umass device being added, then a daX device being added. > > There are indeed messages: > umass0: <M-SysT5 Dell Memory Key, class ... > on uhub4 > da0: at umass-sim0 ... > .. > da0: 60 Mb (OK, it is a 64 Mb key) > GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/USB MEMORY > > also when unplugging, some messages > > $ ls -la /dev/da0s1 > shows only the character device line > OK then .. let's get it to work. 1) Open /etc/devfs.rules and add the following lines: [system=10] add path 'da*' mode 0666 (Edit that line to suit your needs) 2) Open /etc/rc.conf and add the following line devfs_system_ruleset="system" (Edit that line to suit your needs) 3) Create a mountpoint for your pendrive mkdir -p ~/mnt/pen (Edit that line to suit your needs) 4) Open /etc/fstab and add a line like this one /dev/da0s1 /home/your_user_name/mnt/pen msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 (Edit that line to suit your needs) Reboot Done ... Now you can create a "Link to device" on your KDE desktop and make it point to your /dev/da0s1. Insert your pendrive and click on your newly created "pendrive" device link. Remember to umount it before unplug it Otherwise .. get ready to wrestle hal/dbus and policykit ... Regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi
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