The problem with automount flash drives on FreeBSD 8.1 and KDE4: An error occurred while accessing ‘My_flash’, the system responded: org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.PermissionDeniedByPolicy: org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable no <– (action, result) or Could not mount the following device: My_flash Solution: add to PolicyKit config file(/usr/local/etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf) your user: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <!DOCTYPE pkconfig PUBLIC “-//freedesktop//DTD PolicyKit Configuration 1.0//EN” “http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/PolicyKit/1.0/config.dtd”> <!– See [...]

Posted on November 28th, 2010 by admin
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Identify installed wi-fi adapter: hostobsd#pciconf -lv |grep Wireless device = ‘Intel 3945ABG Wireless LAN controller (10208086)’ find device in Hardware Notes: [i386, amd64] Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG MiniPCI network adapters ( wpi(4) driver) So, wpi is driver for my wi-fi device. Following the instruction wpi(4), going to configure the kernel with options: device wpi device wpifw [...]

Posted on October 23rd, 2010 by admin
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The simplest way to setting up sound on FreeBSD to load universal kernel module kldload: howtobsd# kldload snd_driver snd_driver is driver, that include itself supporting the most popular sound card drivers. But I think better to install kernel with support exactly yours sound card. For this way we have to identify device model: slim# pciconf [...]

Posted on October 21st, 2010 by admin
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