kevin wrote: > Sascha: > > > Continued to play with this. Went into nautilus on an ext2 formatted > card, and there is a checkbox in the panel for allowing execution of > files. The owner and other permission boxes didn't seem to do > anything; but, clicking that on *did* work. Also, you were correct > about it needing to not be FAT, checking that box, even though it sill > displays, didn't 'stick' for FAT. Thanks.
i've lost track of where exactly this issue sits, but if it's a regression, i suggest opening a ticket. then it can be resolved in a documented fashion (whether fixed as bug or "wontfix"ed as a feature). paul > > Cheers, > > > KG > > On Monday, April 18, > 2011, Kevin Gordon <kgordon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sascha: > > > > The file system actually had no bearing on the issue I was having, whether > ext2, > > ext3, or FAT32, the symptoms were identical - recent versions of udisks > > now > does not allow > > 'direct' execution of scripts from auto-mounted removable media. > > > > Also, > > there is some debate as to whether putting a journalling fs onto an SD > > or USB drive is wise, as it might half its life by in essence doubling the > number of writes. In > > general, I tend to stick with the factory default unless I need > > multiple partitions, symbolic link, or specific linux-swap support, since > > I > presume the > > manufacturer has formatted it with the right number of blocks, units, > > etc to best match their controller/memory config. If I need those, I will > still use ext2. Call me optimistic :-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > KG > > > > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:13 AM, Sascha Silbe > <sascha-ml-reply-to-201...@silbe.org> wrote: > > > > Excerpts from Kevin Gordon's message of Mon Apr 18 00:36:26 +0200 2011: > > > >> But, since my main use of this technique is to > >> semi-automate the process of installing a slew of custom activities and > >> rpm's upon initial build and deployment, having to manually change every > >> machine manually to basically avoid 5 keystrokes, was sort of > >> counter-productive :-) > > > > If you're only using this USB stick with Linux machines, why don't you > > just format it using a file system with POSIX semantics, i.e. ext3? > > > > Sascha > > > > -- > > http://sascha.silbe.org/ > > http://www.infra-silbe.de/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel =--------------------- paul fox, p...@laptop.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel