2 Sep
2012
2 Sep
'12
7:47 a.m.
Now that I have a Mounting tab I can see why we were
not communicating
fully in the previous thread. :-) I'm starting a new thread so we start on
the same page.
With that dialog enabled, I now see you are using UUIDs in mediamanagerrc.
I was unable to see that previously because without the underlying code
being compiled that caused the missing Mounting tab, those features of
TDEHW were not working. :-)
I don't know your TDEHW FIXME to-do list. So please accept my apology if I
am covering topics you already know. :-)
* You already know about the problem of retaining the same icon label
across different physical ports. Now that I have access to device-specific
mounting options, I can see that mediamangerrc contains mounting options
per UUID, but TDEHW remains confused about applying icon labels. From what
I think I see after multiple insertions/removals of the same device across
three different USB ports, TDEHW is assigning icon labels based upon
device nodes rather than UUID. You mentioned in a previous post you saw
the problem in the code, so I'll watch for a patch.
Patched in GIT hash b18416d.
* Some features of the Mounting dialog are missing,
which are reflected
respectively in mediamanagerrc too. Here are some screenshots, the first
set from a HAL system and the second set from TDEHW:
HAL:
http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/mounting-dialog-floppy-…
http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/mounting-dialog-usb-hal…
TDEHW:
http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/mounting-dialog-floppy-…
http://humanreadable.nfshost.com/trinity/build_logs/mounting-dialog-usb-tde…
Missing features:
Generic Mount Options:
Quiet
Filesystem Specific Mount Options:
Flushed IO
Mount as user
Short names
<snip>
Unfortunately those options are disabled on purpose due to limitations in
pmount. Reading the man page (http://pwet.fr/man/linux/commandes/pmount)
for pmount reveals no way to set those options; if someone bugs the
upstream pmount project and they make those options available, those
options can be reenabled in TDE with a few lines of code.
* Safely Remove does not work. That is, using that option will unmount the
device but does not remove the icon from the desktop.
Likely a udev/eject problem; it works here but your previous comments
indicate that your udev subsystem may not be working as well for some
reason.
* Eject does not work with CDs/DVDs.
See above comment.; not likely to be a TDE problem.
* Icon appearance times remain weird, some fast, some
very slow.
Same as above.
* Does TDEHW poll floppy drives? The floppy Mounting
dialog (Unmounted
Floppy icon) has a check box to mount automatically, but the option does
not yet seem implemented.
Good question! I don't have a floppy drive handy to test with. Remember
though that TDE relies on udev for transmission of all device
plug/unplug/state-change events, so you might be able to find out using
the udevadm monitor command I posted earlier.
Tim