akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:15:20AM -0700, Steve Fink wrote: >> > > 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 >> > >> > hi Steve, >> > >> > I doubled checked the removable storage interface and all is as it >> > should be. I looked to make sure just where the CD drive is connected >> > on the motherboard and it is on IDE1 whereas both hard drives are on >> > IDE0. I've got the services utility open, autofs is running and the >> > status thusly: >> > >> > Configured Mount Points: >> > ------------------------ >> > >> > Active Mount Points: >> > -------------------- >> > >> > Might there be some configuration that needs to be done that might have >> > supposed to have been done during installation that didn't happen for >> > some reason. So far as i've seen from another on this list my fstab >> > appears to contain exactly the same thing as his. At present the only >> > way I can mount and use the CD drive for reading data cd's is if I >> > become root and manually mount the device. >> > >> > -- >> > 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, >> >> As root edit the file named /usr/share/hal/fdi/90defaultpolicy/storage- >> policy.fdi >> >> Locate the line that says <merge >> key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.noauto" >> type="bool">true</merge> >> >> Change the true to false. >> >> Then reboot. >> >> See if that helps. >> I tried this and it made no difference at all. Any more clues/ideas please? Sharon. -- 23:08:28 up 42 min, 1 user, load average: 1.41, 1.37, 1.20 A taste of linux http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/efever/index.html efever http://www.efever.blogspot.com/ Fedora Core 3, KDE 3.3.2-1.2.3, OpenOffice 1.1.4 Registered Linux user 334501
