geekers (geekers) wrote, @ 2005-08-10 17:18:00

CD, Floppy, and Zip drives mount and CDs play... yay!
Yesterday I did as I said... using similar methods to the previous CD-ROM mounting set up, I got the floppy and zip drive in order.

Added lines to /etc/devfs.conf (floppy was done the previous day)...


Code:
# Allow members of the group mounters to mount the IOMEGA zip drive.
own     /dev/afd0        root:mounters
perm    /dev/afd0        0660



Changed the /etc/fstab file...


Code:
/dev/fd0        /floppy                    msdos     rw,noauto     0     0
/dev/fd0        /usr/home/geekers/floppy   msdos     rw,noauto     0     0
/dev/afd0s4     /zip                       msdos     rw,noauto     0     0
/dev/afd0s4     /usr/home/geekers/zip      msdos     rw,noauto     0     0



... changed the group of /dev/fd0 and /dev/afd0s4 to mounters instead of operators, made directories /usr/home/geekers/floppy and /usr/home/geekers/zip, changed permissions on all related directories to 0666, and created links to the devices on the KDE Desktop. I did it an easier way this time (instead of typing up the file myself) -- I right clicked on the desktop and selected "Created New > Link to Device > Floppy Device" and later ZIP Device, and then created my mounting shortcuts.

I also spent a while installing gstreamer, all its plugins, and all its dependencies, as well as, Amarok. Amarok comes equipped to contact Audioscrobbler. That's pretty cool. I'm not sure I have everything set up for Amarok to run properly, but that will be played with at another time. I can currently play avis, xvids, and mp3s with KMPlayer, but only if they are local. My next step with that will be to get them working from files on the network.

I also want to get the Optihex set up as a samba share so TsNewHotness can reach it. :D -- but that will be done in at some undetermined time in the future.

Today I shut down the beast in order to move that pesky sound cable from the motherboard unto the card. (I plugged the end that was dangling around the case into the drive yesterday, but forgot the other end was in the motherboard since I didn't have a sound card the last time I had it plugged in. Windows uses it for jack shit these days.) Oops. Yeah, now CDs can play directly instead of via the wav file on Amarok that it constantly (and annoyingly) buffers or however I had it playing on KMPlayer rather uselessly before... *bad memory*

Before the reboot I located the sudoers file (/usr/local/etc/sudoers -- but don't vim it, use the visudo command!) to uncomment a few lines...



Code:
root       ALL = (ALL) ALL
%wheel     ALL = (ALL) ALL



Now I can sudo to shut down -- huzzah! That's all for now. I should shower sometime, but that won't happen until the cat moves. :p

Peace,
geek. ^_^

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