Corporate creep in Linux? (mini-rantette)
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From: notbob on 12 Sep 2009 09:57 On 2009-09-12, Mike Jones <Not(a)Arizona.Bay> wrote: > Responding to notbob: > >> On 2009-09-11, Peter Chant <REMpeteOVE(a)petezilla.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> Really, except for embedded why would you want to play around with >>> /dev. >> >> ...and it's not like you can't, if you want to. Those cryptic mount and >> fstab thingies still work as good as ever. >> >> nb > > > Mount this, there, type=that, +parameters. > > Cryptic? > > The point was that you need to have a dev to mount in the 1st place. If you mean /dev, I still have one. And despite the fact I see no /dev/sda's, apparently it's still there, somewhere, or something is. Since I'm running fluxbox, I get no auto mount and MUST do it manually (which would lead me to believe auto-mounts are a function at the wm layer). So, when I plug in my thumb drive and invoke: mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/key ....it works flawlessly, just like it always has. Perhaps I misunderstand the question/issue. nb
From: Joost Kremers on 12 Sep 2009 10:16 notbob wrote: > If you mean /dev, I still have one. And despite the fact I see no > /dev/sda's, apparently it's still there, somewhere, or something is. udev creates the relevant device nodes automatically when e.g. a usb disk or thumb drive is inserted. > Since I'm running fluxbox, I get no auto mount and MUST do it manually > (which would lead me to believe auto-mounts are a function at the wm > layer). well, it's a function that is usually (always?) performed in userspace, so yes, the wm can provide the functionality, but it can also be a separate daemon that does so. -- Joost Kremers joostkremers(a)yahoo.com Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)
From: notbob on 12 Sep 2009 10:22 On 2009-09-12, Joost Kremers <joostkremers(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > notbob wrote: >> If you mean /dev, I still have one. And despite the fact I see no >> /dev/sda's, apparently it's still there, somewhere, or something is. > > udev creates the relevant device nodes automatically when e.g. a usb disk or > thumb drive is inserted. > >> Since I'm running fluxbox, I get no auto mount and MUST do it manually >> (which would lead me to believe auto-mounts are a function at the wm >> layer). > > well, it's a function that is usually (always?) performed in userspace, so yes, > the wm can provide the functionality, but it can also be a separate daemon that > does so. Ahh so. Thank you for clarifying, Joost. ;) nb
From: wexfordpress on 12 Sep 2009 10:42 On Sep 10, 3:16 pm, notbob <not...(a)nothome.com> wrote: > On 2009-09-10, Loki Harfagr <l...(a)thedarkdesign.free.fr.INVALID> wrote: > > > Or if, instead of a 'good alt', you even dare to try a 'better alt' ;-) > > $ Eterm -t Escreen > > I remember trying eterm and aterm back when I first discovered > slackware. aterm had all the whistles and bells and silliness like > translucent, etc, when that was all the rage. I may look again. > > nb After installing Slack 13 on its own partition I went through a "make it right" cycle as follows. 1. Use XFCE instead of kookie KDE4. There, that's better. Left KDE after many years of use. 2. Install my favorite apps on the kicker bar (not possible with e.g., Scribus and KDE4.) 3. Reconfigure text editor to call Gvim instead of the standard XFCE text editor. 4. Reconfigure the terminal button to call Konsole. Bookmarks and choice of color scheme. 5. Add Kmail to the kicker bar. 6. Copy old email files over. 7. Recreate email filters one at a time. 8. Copy overnight Bogofilter scripts. 9. Diddle with xorg.conf to get 1280 x 1024 added to choices. 10. Run script to get latest Scribus. Qt 4.5 libs help. 11. Install Vector Linux on another partition to get Inkscape 46. Still don't have Inkscape 47. (etc.) John Culleton
From: Loki Harfagr on 12 Sep 2009 11:53
Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:00:27 +0000, notbob did cat : > On 2009-09-11, Glyn Millington <wistanswick(a)linuxmail.org> wrote: > >> is that the KDE version has taken a major bump up. > > Define "up". the root of that expression is clearly 'up the bum', now, no idea what Major K. was doing at that time but it is refreshing to know he's finally been taken. |