Randy McMurchy wrote:
Alexander E. Patrakov wrote these words on 12/31/05 09:26 CST:
While you are at it, please also configure HAL so that it uses the
"comment=managed" keyword in /etc/fstab and mounts VFAT correctly for
non-ISO-8859-1 users.
Would this perhaps be better in the locale-specific page?
How can I test that the "comment-managed" keyword in fstab will
mount VFAT correctly for non-ISO-8859-1 users?
> Why can't we make it so that using the "comment=managed" works
> for all users?
Sorry. I made two proposals in one mail, and confused you.
Proposal 1:
<merge key="storage.policy.default.mount_root"
type="string">/media</merge>
<merge key="storage.policy.default.use_managed_keyword"
type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="storage.policy.default.managed_keyword.primary"
type="string">comment=managed</merge>
<merge key="storage.policy.default.managed_keyword.secondary"
type="string">kudzu</merge>
This works for all users, and you should be able to test it by plugging
your flash drive in, seeing that the fstab line appears, removing it,
and seeing that the line disappears.
Proposal 2:
<merge
key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.iocharset=[replaceme]"
type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.codepage=[replaceme]"
type="bool">true</merge>
This requires per-site configuration, since the correct values for
[replaceme] depend on the locale. You can add:
<merge
key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.iocharset=iso8859-1"
type="bool">true</merge>
<merge key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.codepage=437"
type="bool">true</merge>
and see that the "iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=437" options (that match
the kernel defaults appropriate fro en_US) appear in the fstab line for
your flash drive. If you want instructions to see how different values
of those options are needed for a different locale, please say so.
Understand, I have no issues with what you're saying here. I'd
like to be able to do this stuff you are recommending, so that I
am more qualified to present the information intelligently on the
HAL page.
Thanks for your good intentions.
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