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Date:      Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:24:21 -0400
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Dominique Goncalves <dominique.goncalves@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Auto-mounting works but no icon visible
Message-ID:  <1223943861.59852.15.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <7daacbbe0809080250vcbe1354tc1eb5e6f283a957c@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <7daacbbe0809080250vcbe1354tc1eb5e6f283a957c@mail.gmail.com>

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On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 11:50 +0200, Dominique Goncalves wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> I use gnome2-2.23.91 (compiled WITH_DEBUG=3DYES). The auto-mounting
> works (gnome_enable is set in rc.conf) but there is no icon visible in
> the desktop.
>=20
> $ gconftool-2 -g '/apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible'
> true
>=20
> My / is read-only (liveCD) so I created a symlink /media -> /usr/home/med=
ia
>=20
> $ ls -l / | grep media
> lr-xr-xr-x   1 root  wheel     14  5 sep 16:51 media -> usr/home/media
>=20
> $ mount|grep media
> /dev/msdosfs/JETDISK on /usr/home/media/JETDISK (msdosfs, local, nosuid)
>=20
> >From /var/log/messages:
> Sep  8 11:12:08 hostname kernel: GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1
> is msdosfs/JETDISK.
> Sep  8 11:12:20 hostname gnome-keyring-daemon[1521]: adding removable
> location: volume_uuid_33D4_B30C at /usr/home/media/JETDISK
>=20
> Nautilus can't add an icon in the desktop if /media is not a directory?

No.  /media cannot be a symlink.  It must be a real directory.  It is a
valid system directory as documented in hier(7).

Joe

>=20
> Let me know if you need more information.
>=20
> Thanks,
> Regards.
>=20
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