Re: creating gnome desktop shortcuts for floppy, DVD rom and compact flash card reader
On 11/4/05, Robert Marella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Music cd's can not be mounted. However in gnome, if you use the gnome audio tools, like totem?? you do not need to mount, it will automatically start playing. :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
creating gnome desktop shortcuts for floppy, DVD rom and compact flash card reader
Does anyone know how to create shortcut icons to the gnome desktop for commonly used devices such as floppy drive; cd/DVD rom drive and USB compact flash card reader. FreeBSD 6.0 RC1; AMD64 Many thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: creating gnome desktop shortcuts for floppy, DVD rom and compact flash card reader
On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 02:41:24 +1100 paul thodiyil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to create shortcut icons to the gnome desktop for commonly used devices such as floppy drive; cd/DVD rom drive and USB compact flash card reader. FreeBSD 6.0 RC1; AMD64 Many thanks mkdir ~/Desktop/floppy mkdir ~/Desktop/dvdrom mkdir ~/Desktop/flash Speak the magic incantation Beastie is better than any stinking logo The icons will appear on your desktop as folders. Right click the folder and choose properties and you can change the icon. Good Luck Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: creating gnome desktop shortcuts for floppy, DVD rom and compact flash card reader
Robert, thanks. I chanted ten times, but I was only able to create desktop folders with these names (floppy, dvdrom, ...). I could not get get them to 'mount' the device. For. eg i placed DVD in the drive, clicked on the newly created DVDROM folder on the desktop - but did not reveal the DVD contents. I must have done it wromg. Any more help? PT On 11/3/05, Robert Marella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 02:41:24 +1100 paul thodiyil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to create shortcut icons to the gnome desktop for commonly used devices such as floppy drive; cd/DVD rom drive and USB compact flash card reader. FreeBSD 6.0 RC1; AMD64 Many thanks mkdir ~/Desktop/floppy mkdir ~/Desktop/dvdrom mkdir ~/Desktop/flash Speak the magic incantation Beastie is better than any stinking logo The icons will appear on your desktop as folders. Right click the folder and choose properties and you can change the icon. Good Luck Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: creating gnome desktop shortcuts for floppy, DVD rom and compact flash card reader
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 19:15:21 -0500 paul thodiyil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Format Recovered...Please do not top post. On 11/3/05, Robert Marella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 02:41:24 +1100 paul thodiyil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know how to create shortcut icons to the gnome desktop for commonly used devices such as floppy drive; cd/DVD rom drive and USB compact flash card reader. FreeBSD 6.0 RC1; AMD64 Many thanks mkdir ~/Desktop/floppy mkdir ~/Desktop/dvdrom mkdir ~/Desktop/flash Speak the magic incantation Beastie is better than any stinking logo The icons will appear on your desktop as folders. Right click the folder and choose properties and you can change the icon. Good Luck Robert Robert, thanks. I chanted ten times, but I was only able to create desktop folders with these names (floppy, dvdrom, ...). I could not get get them to 'mount' the device. For. eg i placed DVD in the drive, clicked on the newly created DVDROM folder on the desktop - but did not reveal the DVD contents. I must have done it wromg. Any more help? PT The folders/icons will only display contents after mounting. i.e. mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 ~/Desktop/flash or some such CLI, depending on the device and fs type. man mount. Some on this list use automount. I prefer to manually mount all removeable devices and can not give any help for automounting. For dvd's or cd's they must be data discs. Music cd's can not be mounted. Movies on dvd's can be mounted using mount_cd9660. I am not sure but I believe that is for dvd ripping. Others on this list are more knowlegeable than I. The last sentence may qualify for the understatement of the year. :) Good Luck Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
