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Date:      Mon, 15 Aug 2005 13:19:12 +0400
From:      Pavel Fedin <sonic_amiga@rambler.ru>
To:        Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
Cc:        gnome@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Selectively hide volumes on desktop
Message-ID:  <43005E10.7080608@rambler.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1124086180.54321.31.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
References:  <4300307C.1080403@rambler.ru> <1124086180.54321.31.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>

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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> What version of GNOME do you have?  We haven't had a Root Volume icon on
> the desktop for about two and a half years.

  2.10.0

> Yes, but simply setting that sysctl is not sufficient for volumes to
> show up in Nautilus.  You must also own the mount point.  If you login
> as root, then you may see a volume for every entry in fstab.  However,
> we do not recommend using GNOME as root.

  Yes, i log in as root. It's a workstation, not a server, and it's my 
personal workstation. Managing my system with having to run 'su' or 
'sudo' every time is annoying.

-- 
Kind regards,
Pavel Fedin



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