Hi,
I'm new here and also new to FreeBSD 10.2. I've been getting to know FreeBSD in a VirtualBox VM for some time now and it's been a nice experience. I've installed Xfce 4.12 and it's working fine.
There is something very intriguing that I've been trying to figure out with no luck: When I mount a filesystem in /media, it automatically shows up in Thunar's devices (on the left panel). How does Thunar know that?
The reason I ask is because I would like to try to extend this to the desktop itself. The show removable devices option does not work under FreeBSD, and as far as I know now it has something to do with udev which is Linux only? Then again, Thunar has some magic that makes it work.
Another question is how is Thunar able to umount the filesystem, it not being root? There's even a nice notification popup. How is this synchronized?. I've ran out of google keywords and grep words. Any pointers are appreciated, I'd really like to understand this.
Thanks,
Sjef.
I'm new here and also new to FreeBSD 10.2. I've been getting to know FreeBSD in a VirtualBox VM for some time now and it's been a nice experience. I've installed Xfce 4.12 and it's working fine.
There is something very intriguing that I've been trying to figure out with no luck: When I mount a filesystem in /media, it automatically shows up in Thunar's devices (on the left panel). How does Thunar know that?
The reason I ask is because I would like to try to extend this to the desktop itself. The show removable devices option does not work under FreeBSD, and as far as I know now it has something to do with udev which is Linux only? Then again, Thunar has some magic that makes it work.
Another question is how is Thunar able to umount the filesystem, it not being root? There's even a nice notification popup. How is this synchronized?. I've ran out of google keywords and grep words. Any pointers are appreciated, I'd really like to understand this.
Thanks,
Sjef.