Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:34:28 +0200 From: Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach <johannes-maria@t-online.de> To: Julian Stacey <jhs@berklix.org> Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting an MP3 player? Message-ID: <49009984.9A6D0C3D@t-online.de> References: <200810222227.m9MMRlOF084446@fire.js.berklix.net>
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Hello, thanks for your answer. Julian Stacey wrote: > > Hi, > Reference: > > From: Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach <johannes-maria@t-online.de> > > Roland Smith wrote: > > [...] > > > > # file -s /dev/da* > > > > /dev/da0: writable, no read permission > > > > /dev/da2: writable, no read permission > > > > /dev/da3: writable, no read permission > > > > /dev/da4: writable, no read permission > > > > > > Looking into the source code for the file command, this is an indication > > > that the file command cannot open the files, even with the correct > > > permissions. > > > > the permission is 660 for all this /dev/da#-files > > Likely that excludes you as you are not owner or in same group. I tried the mounting as root. [and I also tried chmod 666, just to be sure] > > > I guess that this device has some quirks that need to be addressed in > > > the driver. Maybe you can find more help on the freebsd-usb list. > > BTW some mp3 players eg mine > http://berklix.com/~jhs/txt/clipman/ > seem to detect the power on the cable, & then turn on or off, > & then devd see what the player has done, & itself removes devices > or recreates (& if so with permissions that dont suit). I switched the on/off on the mp3 player but it had no effect; still not mountable (at least I'm not able to do it). Independent of the on/off switch the display on the mp3 player is always lighted when connected to the PC. > Solutions include to move power switch of mp3 player to force on > or off whatever, & on BSD end, either work as root, or hack the > devd.conf so modes or ownership of device allow access to normal > users. didn't solve my problem. > Beware if mp3 player decides to power down, that can cause DOS FS > to disappear, mounts to fail, that if they were in use, might cause > a crash, I reckon I've experienced that. Best experiment first on > a spare BSD box, not a main server others rely on. thanks for the warning, never expected such a problem; luckily it didn't happen (yet?) to me. It's not a server, just my desktop PC, I'm the only user. Thanks, Johannes-Maria
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