Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:06:41 -0600 From: Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Looking for something to do? Message-ID: <opr0iapfem8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1071964828.56655.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> References: <1071901810.451.21.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <opr0hx2dro8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <1071964828.56655.6.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
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------------iTse6eJYXtbQ6Atfba2ey3 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 19:00:28 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. Please see my comments inline. > > On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 15:33, Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 01:30:10 -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke >> <marcus@FreeBSD.org> >> wrote: >> >> > If you're already running GNOME 2.5, and want to take the next step, >> we >> > need specific help testing nautilus-cd-burner (especially the >> cd-drive.c >> > patch at http://www.marcuscom.com/downloads/patch-cd-drive.c), as well >> > as the new gstreamer[-plugins], Nautilus' volume monitor code, >> > gnome-network, and Evolution 1.5: >> > >> > * n-c-b: Check to see if it recognizes different CD/DVD burners >> > correctly. Make sure it can successfully write CD/DVD contents. You >> > may need to familiarize yourself with >> > http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q15. >> >> Works perfect here on CD-RW. >> >> # camcontrol devlist >> <SEAGATE ST336706LW 0109> at scbus0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0) >> <TEAC CD-W516EB 1.0A> at scbus2 target 0 lun 0 (pass1,cd0) > > With the new patch applied, does the list of available recording speeds > change? Yep, I am using this patch and it does list all max and 1x to 16x.. My CD-RW is 16x10x40. > Are you still able to blank the disk? You mean, erease cd? If yes, then I don't have any cd-rw blank around but I can buy. I always buy cd-r blank. :-) >> > * Nautilus' volume monitor code: The volume monitor code has been >> > completely re-written in GNOME 2.5, and I'm much happier with the >> > FreeBSD code. I've tried to make the functionality as close to Linux >> as >> > possible, but you never know. What you should test here is make sure >> a >> > mounted CD/DVD or floppy disk shows up on the desktop. You should >> also >> > be able to do ``sysclt vfs.usermount=1'' then add an entry to fstab >> > where the mount point is owned by a user other than root, then see >> that >> > icon on your desktop even when the disk is not mounted. You should >> then >> > be able to right-click on the icon, and mount the disk. >> >> A simple typo: s/sysclt/sysctl/g vfs.usermount=1 >> >> Anyway, it doesn't work in here, I am not sure if I am doing it >> correct. I >> have created ~/cdrom (mezz user) then add in the fstab following: >> >> =============================== >> /dev/acd0 /usr/home/mezz/cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 >> =============================== >> >> But, it always work if I mount it by command line and a CD icon will >> appear in the desktop, no matter what user I mounted as. >> >> Boy, I always want 'user or users' feature to be add in fstab on FreeBSD >> like Linux has. > > Wow, this is good feedback. Yes, the new code is supposed to emulate > the "users" option in Linux's fstab. To be accurate, > /usr/home/mezz/cdrom is owned by you, and vfs.usermount is 1? ======================== % ls -l ~/ | grep cdrom drwxr-xr-x 2 mezz mezz 512 Dec 20 13:58 cdrom/ % cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep usermount vfs.usermount=1 % sysctl vfs.usermount vfs.usermount: 1 ======================== What else should I check on? >> > * gnome-network: This is a new suite in GNOME 2.5. It allows you to >> > launch remote RSH and SSH sessions as well as offers a MacOS X >> > netinfo-like app that lets you run ping, traceroute, whois, etc. >> While >> > the interface info is not complete yet, all of the various network >> tests >> > should work. >> >> The SSH (gnome-remote-shell) works perfect here. The netinfo's 'Devices' >> tab doesn't work, which everything display as 'not available'. The >> Traceroute doesn't work very well, which it will lag itself and I don't >> think it output the info correct. All other tabs like Ping, Netstat and >> etc work perfect. > > Some things should be populated under the Device tab. Adam mentioned > some things about traceroute as well. I'll have to look at those in > more detail after my initial patches are committed to gnome-network. > Thanks for the feedback. Here's an attach of screenshot for Device tab. Cheers, Mezz > Joe > >> >> I will play with the other stuff more later to see if there has any bug >> or >> whatever. >> >> Cheers, >> Mezz -- bsdforums.org 's moderator, mezz. ------------iTse6eJYXtbQ6Atfba2ey3--
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