On Fri, 2006-12-08 at 13:11 -0800, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > > Aaron Konstam wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 02:48 +0100, Tomas Larsson wrote: > >> I finally got it mounted manually. > >> But why, on my FC4 server the cd is automounted, why does it not work under > >> FC6 > >> > > In FC4 you had lines in fstab like: > > /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto > > pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 > > > > The managed meant automatic mounting. FC5 and FC6 developers had what > > they thought was a different but "not necessarily better" idea. Fedora > > is supposed to be a testbed so different ideas get tried. No lines about > > cdroms in /etc/fstab. So the mounting behavior is different. > > ======================================================================= > > A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart that looks at her watch. > > -- James Beard > > ======================================================================= > > Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > So what's the resolution on this CD/DVD mounting issue. I hope it's not > a manual mount of the device. Haven't we gone beyond that yet? Am I > missing something? I am sorry I missed the main point. In FC6 when you put in a CD it is mounted a CD icon appears on the desktop. What happens next depends on what kind of CD it is. Audios are played, data CD's are opened on the screen in a Nautilus window. In gnome what happens is controlled by the gui in: System -> Preferences-> Removable Drives and Media -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
