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automounting devices on Xfce4 with hotplugd does not work
OPENBSD 5.4 and XFCE 4.10
Using hotplugd and the instructions given here: http://www.tumfatig.net/20110903/aut...ck-on-openbsd/ (sorry not able to post links, please copy/paste) The above instructions does not seem to work, even after a reboot. Is there any alternative way to auto mount devices in Xfce 4 and OpenBSD? I have dbus-daemon running on system startup and I use xdm to launch xfce4-session with the ck-launch-session (to enable shutdown and reboot from within xfce4 in .xsession) .xsession file: Code:
ck-launch-session xfce4-session Also thunar-volman seems to be missing in OpenBSD and it appears that functionality is not provided. Any answers would be much appreciated. Last edited by ocicat; 5th December 2013 at 04:58 AM. Reason: URL enabled |
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OK on further research it appears that the above does not work for CDs inserted into the drive. Must look for either static mounting or consider amd.
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Welcome back!
AFAIK, thunar-volman is Linux-only, as I understand that it relies upon Linux kernel udev functions. Your research is correct, hotplugd(8) initiates scripts only on device addition/deletion, not on media insertion into existing devices. |
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It is not automounting but there is a an xfce mount plugin that allows you to quickly mount devices, including CD's. If you frequently need to mount media it may be the next best thing.
A OpenBSD binary package is available. J65nko also has written a howto regarding user mounting of devices. Last edited by shep; 5th December 2013 at 03:18 PM. |
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Thanks. I got static mounting to work on my cdrom device by following the instructions in the link above (kern.usermount=1) and setting the mount directory read/write for the user.
Regarding mass storage media, unfortunately ext4 seems to be unsupported in OpenBSD and other BSDs. It does not even mount as ext2 readonly which I wrongly assumed would be possible. That is a deal breaker, since all my data is on an ext4 partition in my external hard disk, I am unable to use OpenBSD for my purpose (for my office work). For some reason I was also unable to mount the internal hard disk NTFS partition of Windows XP residing on Primary Master (not sure why, it keeps saying device not configured). Regretfully I have had to revert to Debian. I really got so far in OpenBSD and unfortunate that I have to fall back to Linux now. Maybe once I reformat my external hard drive, I will use ext2fs or ext3fs on it and can use OpenBSD. |
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thanks for the suggestion. I don't have a copy of the latest FreeBSD right now, but the reason I was drawn to OpenBSD is that it treats binary packages as first class citizens, unlike FreeBSD, which prefers ports. I much prefer binary packages. And OpenBSD is much lighter to install as well and fairly simple (ignoring the fdisk+disklabel)
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I'll agree that OpenBSD install is lighter and more simple, but my current FreeBSD system has been running since 2005 so I haven't run the installer since then.
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@roddierod, hi, interesting developments in the FreeBSD world, that! pkgng seems to be worth looking into.
Currently I have installed OpenBSD on a virtualbox in my debian laptop. I will try and see how much I can set it up as a desktop system. I love Gnome 3 too. For some reason on my office machine, Gnome and GDM failed to startup in spite of the instructions given in /usr/local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/ Gnome/gdm simply errored out with a "something went wrong. log out and try again". I will come back with the specific problem if I encounter it again. On my office system I have an ATI Rage XL PCI card and it doesn't have 3d support either in Linux or BSD. But even then gnome should work in fallback/failsafe mode. @jggimi, thanks for your tips. I will keep them in mind. |
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When and if you elect to return to OpenBSD:
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Thanks, I did start the new thread. With screenshots attached (thanks to virtualbox, though the original problem also occurred on my desktop machine)
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If you have a local network you can use either nfs or ftp/sftp to migrate files once you get an OpenBSD desktop working to your satisfaction.
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This is a current discussion thread on the OpenBSD misc@ mailing list regarding ext2/ext3 use which may be helpful.
http://marc.info/?t=138723433600002&r=1&w=2 |
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