Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:58:26 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> Cc: FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: Mounting A Floppy from the GNOME Desktop] Message-ID: <1093748306.55460.15.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <4131432D.5020308@earthlink.net> References: <4131432D.5020308@earthlink.net>
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--=-wOcKX62Vhm6pzkw5S52E Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 22:45, Bob Perry wrote: > Forgot to cc the list. >=20 > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Mounting A Floppy from the GNOME Desktop > Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 22:42:32 -0400 > From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> > To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> > References: <41310868.50603@earthlink.net>=20 > <1093733394.55460.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> >=20 >=20 >=20 > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >=20 > >On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 18:34, Bob Perry wrote: > > =20 > > > >>Section 7.10.1 of the Nautilus 2.6.3 help text instructs you to > >>open the Computer icon on the GNOME desktop and double click > >>on the Floppy object if you wish to mount a floppy diskette. The > >>only objects in my Computer dialogue box are the FileSystem > >>and Network objects. There is a floppy folder in the FileSystem > >>file but I was expecting an icon/object as indicated. This is my > >>fstab data: > >> > >># Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# > >>/dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto 0 0 > >> > >>Is there other inofrmation available which will help me resolve=20 > >>this issue? > >> =20 > >> > > > >http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q19 > > > >Joe > > > > =20 > > > >>Thank you. > >>Bob Perry > >> =20 > >> > Thanks Joe for the faq2 site. It's now a part of my bookmarks. >=20 > Both floppy and cdrom objects appear in the Computer dialogue > window but I receive the message "Unable to mount selected > volume. msdos: /dev/fd0: Permission denied." when I select > the floppy. Similar problem with the cdrom object. >=20 > I receive the same message when mounting manually from the > command line as user. However, there is no problem when I > "su" to root and then mount the floppy. I have user ownership > of both mountpoints. You also need to make sure you have write access to the device in question (e.g. /dev/fd0 or /dev/acd0c). If not, you will only be able to mount the volume read-only from the command line. Joe >=20 > I always run startx as user (I think that's recommended.), > and then run su when I'm in the desktop. >=20 > I'm sure there's something fundamentally wrong on my part. > Just can't put my finger on it. >=20 > Bob >=20 > --=20 > I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly > distributed. >=20 > FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0 >=20 --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-wOcKX62Vhm6pzkw5S52E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBMUZSb2iPiv4Uz4cRAvWqAJ4mOJqXJc1i3cBm/IHCYO6gYVICAwCgitQ2 Pd+gEqQmiHQvaoIE95OtEsw= =6aFs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-wOcKX62Vhm6pzkw5S52E--
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