On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 08:41 -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 2004 at 06:49:48PM -0700, Steve Fink wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-12-24 at 16:58 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: > > > maybe I'm asking the question incorrectly. it just seems strange to me > > > that there must be thousands of folks running FC3 without any trouble > > > getting their CD drive to auto mount as normal users. > > > > > > is this a true statement? > > > > > > what is it within the system that is "supposed" to enable this > > > functionality? > > > > > > -- > > > Mark > > > > > > "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found > > > a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough > > > to learn from his own stupidity." > > > > > > > Mark, > > > > This is a possible answer... > > > > >From what little I understand about HAL, HAL does not scan optical > > drives attached to the same bus as a hard drive. So if your CD-ROM is > > slave to a hard drive, HAL will not scan the media state and therefore > > it will not auto mount. Check to see if your CD-ROM is slaved to a hard > > drive and if so change it to another IDE bus, see what happens. > > > > Best, > > > > Steve > I have two CD drives mounted on a separate device controller and > neither of them automount. > -- > > ======================================================================= > Sleep is for the weak and sickly. > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > One Trinity Place. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx > Mark & Aaron, Do you also have automount turned on? As your user, not root, check... Preferences --> Removable Storage, check the box that says mount removable media when inserted. Best, Steve
