[Tfug] remove from mailing list
Jon
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Thu Dec 6 15:54:40 MST 2007
Requests like this still amaze me...
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Jon
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>> 1. yasq - how to mount a usb stick - vfat (jblais)
>> 2. [OT] Dual-phone bluetooth headsets (Choprboy)
>> 3. Re: JON CONTACT ME OFF LIST (Jon)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:29:16 -0700
>> From: "jblais"
>> Subject: [Tfug] yasq - how to mount a usb stick - vfat
>> To: "Tfug"
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>> Hello
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>> more stoopid questions today..
>>
>> generally when I stick a usb memory stick into the Fedora 5 Linux box, it
>> automagically gets done. I looked into fstab, it doesn't mention anything
>> about it. Apparently FC5, or gnome, or whatever, does it's magic in a
>> Winderseque way.
>>
>> So now I made an application that does the mount, because I used udev to
>> always put special device in a known place. When I look at dev, the stick
>> may show us as sda, or sdb, or... depending on if it was unmounted
>> correctly (who knows what a user may do), or which plug it was pushed into,
>> or the phase of the moon (more windersesque). I disabled autobrowse,
>> because I want my app to look like an instrument, not a desktop. Anyway,
>> without auto browse, I needed a udev rule to put whatever new sd*1 into a
>> known place depending on the actual usb port. But doing so, only mounts the
>> special device, and my app now needs ot mount the file system.
>>
>> So, without a good example from fstab, or from seeing what the automagic
>> mount is really doing (which seems OK), I now need to know what parameters
>> are best. I do not want is the automagic renaming of files - that is names
>> like HELLO.TXT should not be changed to hello.txt and
>> ThisIsAStoopidlyLargeNameThatSomePeopleInsistOn.abc being changed to
>> THIS~024.TXT or some other stuff that causes me a headache when I try to
>> re-locate a file once written to a stick.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm currently using something like:
>> --snip--
>> uid_t tUserID = getuid() ;
>> gid_t tGroupID = getgid() ;
>> char szUserInfo[128] ;
>> sprintf( szUserInfo, "uid=%d,gid=%d,umask=0000,shortname=winnt",
>> (int)tUserID, (int)tGroupID ) ;
>> if ( mount( "/dev/myPort1, //udev rules do this for me
>> "/home/user500/Stick1", //I expect file system here
>> "vfat",
>> MS_MGC_VAL|MS_NODEV|MS_SYNCHRONOUS,
>> szUserInfo ) )
>> --unsnip--
>>
>> this should be the same as:
>> $ mount -t vfat -o uid=500,gid=500,umaks=0000,shortname=winnt
>> /dev/myPort1 /home/user500/Stick1
>>
>> It seems to work. the /dev/myPort1 symlink set by udev rules seems to be
>> reliable enough. My program always knows to check /home/user500/Stick1 --
>> and it seems to work
>> BUT, I've had enough problems getting all this figured out an working, so I
>> just thought to ask y'all if anyone knows of or uses some better mount
>> params.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Joe
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 21:29:47 -0700
>> From: Choprboy
>> Subject: [Tfug] [OT] Dual-phone bluetooth headsets
>> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
>> Message-ID: <200712052129.48331.choprboy at dakotacom.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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>> Anybody know of or happy with a particular bluetooth headset? Specifically I
>> am looking for a dual-pairing headset, one that will pair with 2 or more
>> phones at the same time and allow you to switch between.
>>
>> Adrian
>>
>>
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:40:31 -0700
>> From: Jon
>> Subject: Re: [Tfug] JON CONTACT ME OFF LIST
>> To: Tucson Free Unix Group
>> Message-ID: <47577D3F.4090308 at flatwan.net>
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>> "nat" is spelled "NAT" since it's an abbreviation.
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>> --
>> Jon
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>> David Rice wrote:
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>>> My nat is configured properly
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>>>
>>> On 12/5/07, Jon wrote:
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>>>> No, he's not as much of a 'net nazi as Grossman.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jon
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>>>>
>>>> Tyler Kilian wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>> I bet you block ident too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Wankers
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>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Tyler Kilian
>>>>> Krispy Kreme - The Edible Linux
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