Re: Changed device for camera..
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On 02/17/08 18:47, ariestao@clearmail.com.au wrote:
>>
>> On 02/17/08 00:54, Charlie wrote:
>>> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008, Kushal Kumaran shared this with us all:
>>>> --} On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:34:41 +1100
>>>> --} Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> wrote:
>>>> --}
>>>> --} > Something changed after this mornings upgrade.
>>>> --} >
>>>> --} > My camera entry in /etc/fstab has always been:
>>>> --} > /dev/sda1 /cam vfat
>>>> --} > rw,user,noauto 0 0
>>>> --} >
>>>> --} > Mounted it as "mount /cam" yesterday afternoon - but I couldn't
>>>> mount
>>>> --} > it after this mornings upgrade for Debian testing with any
>>>> command.
>>>> --} >
>>>> --} > Had to change the fstab entry to:
>>>> --} > /dev/sdb1 /cam vfat
>>>> --} > rw,user,noauto 0 0
>>>> --} >
>>>> --} > Just in case someone else might have difficulty.
>>>> --} >
>>>> --} > My flash drive still mounts as /dev/sda
>>>> --} >
>>>> --}
>>>> --} You can switch to specifying device names using id or uuid instead.
>>>> --} Then you'll never need to worry about device names like sda or sdb.
>>>> --} See the /dev/disk/by-id and /dev/disk/by-uuid directories, with the
>>>> --} camera connected.
>>>> --}
>>>> --} --
>>>> --} Kushal
>>> Thank you Kushal.
>>>
>>> I can't get that to work no matter how I enter the device in /etc/fstab
>>> and
>>> reading the posts on the subject. But will try again later.
>> Are you a console junkie, or use a lighter wm, like ratpoison, fvwm,
>> etc?
>>
>> - --
>> Ron Johnson, Jr.
>> Jefferson LA USA
>>
> Not certain?
>
> I don't know enough.
>
> I use icewm and have used others like roxfiler and love KDE and have it on
> my partners lappy. For me if I get a bit jaded with one or another of
> these I just jump to something else. I am a bit of an opportunist, just
> work with what I feel like at the moment. There is always a shell or two
> on one of the desktops and just use whatever. Get into my system through
> the shell, though my partner asks why I bother, so do I? But it just keeps
> my hand in I reckon.
>
> So not certain what I am, probably just a Debian junkie. :-) Though it was
> Mandrake, Red Hat, Slackware and others all on one box when I started out
> with Linux, just to see what I liked. Didn't use Debian till Woody.
>
> Am at the Internet kiosk that I volunteer at with my nomadic lappy today,
> so can't try the stuff above. This morning before leaving home was too
> busy to have another crack at it.
>
> Try again when I get home. Am almost certain I just don't have the syntax
> right that's all. A bit more reading and it will all come together I'm
> certain. It usually does, though I have to work at some problems quite a
> bit when time permits in some instances. It's all fixable one way or
> another.
>
> Being garrulous because I have some time, no customers at the moment, but
> I have a class this afternoon.
Bottom line: is IceWM your standard wm?
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals
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