On Sat, 2004-12-25 at 23:09 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > 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 > > Sharon, In my previous post to Aaron I recapped the steps that got his working. If those steps don't work for you please reply with a copy of your /etc/fstab file. Best, Steve
