Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 12:00:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Danielisz Laszlo <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> To: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu>, Koen de Wijs <koendewijs@gmx.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: auto mount xfce4 and kde Message-ID: <60608.18289.qm@web30810.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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This is how my rc.conf appears=0A=0A$ cat /etc/rc.conf |grep usb=0Ausbd_ena= ble=3D"YES"=0A=0A=0AI will try adding those line, thank you!=0A=0A=0A----- = Original Message ----=0AFrom: Predrag Punosevac <punosevac@math.arizona.edu= >=0ATo: Koen de Wijs <koendewijs@gmx.net>; questions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Mo= nday, September 3, 2007 9:39:48 PM=0ASubject: Re: auto mount xfce4 and kde= =0A=0ADo you have usbd=3D"YES" in your rc.conf file?=0AUSB stick should be = detected as ugen0. Read the dmesg before and after =0Ayou attach the USB-dr= ive.=0A=0AAdd perm /dev/ugen0 0666 into your devfs.conf=0Ai /dev/ugen0 /= usr/home/Username/mnt/usbstick msdosfs rw, noauto =0A0 0 into = you fstab file=0AI see no reason that the stick is not mounted automaticall= y.=0AYou already have HAL on.=0A=0A=0A=0AKoen de Wijs wrote:=0A> Mel schree= f:=0A>> On Friday 31 August 2007 09:41:23 Koen de Wijs wrote:=0A>>=0A>> = =0A>>> This week I installed FreeBSD on a computer of mine. Everything work= s=0A>>> fine but one thing I can't get working.=0A>>> Every person should b= e albe to work with the machine. The only thing=0A>>> that isn't working is= auto-mounting of cd-roms and usb-sticks. If =0A>>> KDE is=0A>>> started an= d I put a usb-stick in the computer there should appear a =0A>>> icon=0A>>>= on the desktop with the usb drive on it and that should also work for=0A>>= > cd-roms. On XFCE4 there should also appear an icon;=0A>>> =0A>>=0A>> = Don't know about XFCE4, but read on.=0A>>=0A>> =0A>>> I also added the reg= ular user to the group operators.=0A>>> =0A>>=0A>> You don't wanna do t= hat, unless it's ok with you that a user can get =0A>> read access to every= file on every disk. Operator is meant for backup =0A>> users.=0A>>=0A>> = =0A>>> What do I need to do to get it working?=0A>>> =0A>>=0A>> portins= tall desktop-bsd-tools and read the instructions about devfs, =0A>> with a = major side-note:=0A>> ntfs/fat partitions can only be mounted by root, beca= use mount =0A>> changes the owner of the disk to the underlying directory, = so it's =0A>> likely that your users cannot mount usb-sticks.=0A>> To autom= ount usb storage devices as root, have a look at usbd(8) and =0A>> usbd.con= f(5). You'll have to provide an unmounter for your users =0A>> though and i= nstruct them to unmount before removing or things go to =0A>> hell.=0A>>=0A= >> =0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> I've got everyting working right now except for the u= sb stick. I tried =0A> am-utils but I didn't lik that. Is I tried a lot of = things and read a =0A> lot and everything almost works except for the usb-s= ticks. Before I =0A> will be busy with it for a couple of hours is this the= way it should =0A> work?=0A> http://caia.swin.edu.au/reports/041130A/=0A>; = This website describes how to add usb-devices but is it normal to add =0A> = an extra script with devd or is just some wierd workaround?=0A>=0A> Koen=0A= >=0A>=0A> _______________________________________________=0A> freebsd-quest= ions@freebsd.org mailing list=0A> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo= /freebsd-questions=0A> To unsubscribe, send any mail to =0A> "freebsd-quest= ions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A________________________________________= _______=0Afreebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd= .org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A __= ___________________________________________________________________________= _______=0AShape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel = today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=3D7 =0A= =0A
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