Why does hal think my USB devices are fixed?

Adam Vande More amvandemore at gmail.com
Wed Oct 14 17:53:00 UTC 2009


On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Warren Block <wblock at wonkity.com> wrote:

> Fixed as opposed to removable.  hal used to see these USB devices--USB
> memory sticks, memory cards in a reader--as removable devices.  Which they
> are.
>
> Same computer, same config that used to automount these devices as
> removable, but now FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 and hal says they are fixed devices:
>
> org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-fixed no <-- (action, result).
>
> Is this be due to the USB system?
>
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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It's a config option in /usr/ports/sysutils/hal


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Adam Vande More


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