Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 23:30:59 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: leeoliveshackelford@surewest.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: click-click in floppy disk drive Message-ID: <20131024233059.0c3bd75b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310241418220.60669@wonkity.com> References: <20131024112256.DTF88722@ms5.mc.surewest.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1310241418220.60669@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:26:52 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > HAL is polling the drive to detect media changes. There are > configuration files to that can be modified to tell HAL to ignore the > device. Others can probably offer more advice on that. The information is provided here: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/halfaq.html > I've been > HAL-free for the last couple of years with xfce4. I know how that feels. :-) > Likewise, there is another program that scans mounted media in order to > refresh the desktop and file utilities when files have been added or > removed. Unfortunately, I can't recall what that program is called at > the moment, but it can be told to ignore certain files and directories. If I remember correctly, has that been... FAM? The file alteration monitor? Something with gamin and libfam? I know I had trouble with that stuff on a LXDE installation once... > After that, removable media can be easily unmounted. I just wonder how Gnome and KDE got the automounting stuff working decades ago, I think it even worked in FreeBSD 4 where no HAL and DBUS had been present... > If you want a desktop without all the work of installing it, PC-BSD > offers a choice of four, including xfce4. I didn't know it comes in different GUI favours, thanks for the pointer! I always thought they were very KDE-centric... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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