mounting/unmounting CD and USBkey

[corneliu]

Hi guys,
I've got FreeBSD + KDE.
Currently I mount the CD with the following command

mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd1 /mnt/cd

and the USBkey with

mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/flash

I have searched the forums and the Internet but couldn't find away to unmount these devices. If I just eject/unplug the devices I can't remount them by using the commands that I mentioned earlier.
Is there a way to mount/unmount the CD drive and the USBkey so I can remount them without having to reboot?
Thanks in advance,
Corneliu

[corey_james]

umount <device_name>
or
umount <mount_path>

[windependence]

If you get a "device busy" you might have to do a

umount -l <device>

-Tim

[BSDfan666]

If you get a "device busy" message, it means you're probably active in the devices mount point.. change to a different directory and ensure no other process is read/writing/accessing files on the drive.

[BSDKaffee]

You may want to set-up KDE so it will automatically mount and unmount your CDs / media. Have a look at this How-To.

[corneliu]

Thank you all.
When I try to unmount this is what I get:

freebsd# unmount -l /dev/da0s1
unmount: Command not found.
freebsd#

I guess I'm missing a package.
I tried the tutorial to automount but I didn't succeed. I followed all the steps and everything seemed fine. Still no automounting...

[corneliu]

The tutorial for mounting stuff automatically.
Here is what I did:

freebsd# find `kde-config --prefix`/lib/kde3/media_propsdlgplugin.so && echo "HAL is enabled."
/usr/local/lib/kde3/media_propsdlgplugin.so
HAL is enabled.
freebsd#

So HAL is enabled...

freebsd# vi /etc/devfs.rules

#MYBOX's rules
#
[mybox_rules=100]
add path 'acd0' mode 666
add path 'cd0' mode 666
~
/etc/devfs.rules: 6 lines, 85 characters.
freebsd#

Here I figured I had to replace the * with 0
Not sure it is OK...

freebsd# vi /etc/fstab
# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad4s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad4s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
/dev/ad4s1e             /tmp            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad4s1f             /usr            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad4s1d             /var            ufs     rw              2       2

~
/etc/fstab: unmodified: line 1

freebsd# vi /etc/rc.conf

# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon May 19 22:21:55 2008
# Created: Mon May 19 22:21:55 2008
# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
hostname="freebsd.gateway.2wire.net"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
ipv6_enable="YES"
keymap="us.iso"
linux_enable="YES"
defaultrouter="192.168.2.1"
devfs_system_ruleset="mybox_rules"
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
~
/etc/rc.conf: unmodified: line 1

freebsd# vi /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match user="root">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
      <match user="corneliu">
        <return result="yes"/>
      </match>
    </match>
</config>
~
~
~
~
~
~
/usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf: unmodified: line 1

[BSDfan666]

The command is "umount" not "unmount", pay extra attention.. type in commands exactly as you see them.

[corneliu]

Originally Posted by BSDfan666

The command is "umount" not "unmount", pay extra attention.. type in commands exactly as you see them.

Thanks, sorry

[BSDKaffee]

Originally Posted by corneliu

The tutorial for mounting stuff automatically.
Here is what I did:

freebsd# find `kde-config --prefix`/lib/kde3/media_propsdlgplugin.so && echo "HAL is enabled."
/usr/local/lib/kde3/media_propsdlgplugin.so
HAL is enabled.freebsd#

So HAL is enabled...

OK.

Originally Posted by corneliu

freebsd# vi /etc/devfs.rules

#MYBOX's rules
#
[mybox_rules=100]
add path 'acd0' mode 666
add path 'cd0' mode 666
~
/etc/devfs.rules: 6 lines, 85 characters.
freebsd#

Here I figured I had to replace the * with 0
Not sure it is OK...

You don't have to replace the "*". It is useful to keep it like that for multiple drives, but you can specify a single drive like you did.

Also, did you make yourself a member of the operator group?

Originally Posted by corneliu

freebsd# vi /etc/fstab
# Device                Mountpoint      FStype  Options         Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad4s1b             none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/ad4s1a             /               ufs     rw              1       1
/dev/ad4s1e             /tmp            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad4s1f             /usr            ufs     rw              2       2
/dev/ad4s1d             /var            ufs     rw              2       2

~
/etc/fstab: unmodified: line 1

OK.

Originally Posted by corneliu

freebsd# vi /etc/rc.conf

# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Mon May 19 22:21:55 2008
# Created: Mon May 19 22:21:55 2008
# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
hostname="freebsd.gateway.2wire.net"
ifconfig_rl0="DHCP"
ipv6_enable="YES"
keymap="us.iso"
linux_enable="YES"
defaultrouter="192.168.2.1"
devfs_system_ruleset="mybox_rules"
dbus_enable="YES"
hald_enable="YES"
~
/etc/rc.conf: unmodified: line 1

OK. Did you (re)start dbus and hald in that order?

Originally Posted by corneliu

freebsd# vi /usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- XML -*- -->

<!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC "-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN"
"http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd">

<!-- See the manual page PolicyKit.conf(5) for file format -->

<config version="0.1">
    <match user="root">
        <return result="yes"/>
    </match>
    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
      <match user="corneliu">
        <return result="yes"/>
      </match>
    </match>
</config>
~
~
~
~
~
~
/usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf: unmodified: line 1

OK.

That's pretty much it. You need to restart KDE of course after doing all of this. If it still isn't working, post exactly what happens when you insert a CD. Any error messages, etc. Also, if you mounted the CD somewhere manually you must unmount it first before automounting can happen.

[corneliu]

Thank you all,
Trying to set the auto-mount I messed up the system so I had to reinstall FreeBSD. The umount command works great, so I'll stick with it for a while untill I get the courrage to try the auto-mount stuff again.

[davidgurvich]

I tried using the howto and have a problem with policykit. I believe that all the required daemons are running and properly installed. However, I cannot automount as a regular user. The following is definitely not recommended, but should indicate where the problem lies. Replacing

    <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable">
      <match user="corneliu">
        <return result="yes"/>
      </match>
    </match>

with

      <match user="corneliu">
        <return result="yes"/>
      </match>

allows automounting. I do not like the privileges granted, but it may be acceptable for a laptop with no external services.