Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:28:52 -0400 From: Bob Perry <rperry4@earthlink.net> 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: <41314D74.9060108@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <41314B2F.7000108@earthlink.net> References: <4131432D.5020308@earthlink.net> <1093748306.55460.15.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <41314B2F.7000108@earthlink.net>
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Bob Perry wrote: > Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > >> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 22:45, Bob Perry wrote: >> >> >>> Forgot to cc the list. >>> >>> -------- 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> >>> <1093733394.55460.8.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 18:34, Bob Perry wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> this issue? >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q19 >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> Bob Perry >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> Thanks Joe for the faq2 site. It's now a part of my bookmarks. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> 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. >> >> > The directory entries look like this: > /dev/fd0 crw-r----- root operator > /dev/acd0c crw-r----- root operator > > > Bob > Just noticed that the Nautilus file manager doesn't recognize the change to root when you perform the "su" command. That would explain the permissions problem. My guess is that if I ran startx as root, the problem would be solved. Bob -- I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE-p2 #0
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