HAL with new kdebase (permission problems)

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:25:26 -0600, Michael Nottebrock <lofi at freebsd.org>  
wrote:

> On Thursday, 21. December 2006 21:54, Csaba Molnar wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> I installed kdebase with HAL support - it is still greyed out in  
>> kcontrol,
>> but seems to work.
>
> That's normal - the ability to switch from HAL to fstab and back at  
> runtime
> disappeared a while ago, but nobody ever removed the checkbox.
>
>> However, when I try to mount an usb memory stick, it
>> complains about a permission problem.
>
> First up, make sure you have the latest version of kdebase,  
> kdebase-3.5.5_1.
>
> Then check /usr/ports/UPDATING - I added a few HAL-specific issues to the
> latest entry for kdebase.
>
>> Mounting it in a traditional way works.
>
> Does that mean you have an /etc/fstab entry for it? That needs to go, hal
> refuses to mount devices listed in fstab (commenting it out will work,  
> too).
>
>> My user is in groups wheel and
>> operator, vfs.usermount is on
>
> Just FYI, vfs.usermount is not required for mounting devices with HAL,  
> neither
> is any group membershit.

You have to be in operator group for automatic mount. As for the  
vfs.usermount, not need but I would suggesst to keep it.

http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q19

Cheers,
Mezz


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