On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 11:04 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Paul Howarth wrote: > > > >> Benjamin Sher wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On 5 Jul 2005 at 8:30, Paul Howarth wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 02:19 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> It's working fine in the console. I was hoping to make it work in > >>>>> Konqueror, too, whether as root or user. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> It should be working properly for all applications if you are > >>>> physically > >>>> logged-in on that machine and not using it remotely. > >>>> > >>>> P.S. Please stop top-posting on this mailing list. > >>>> Paul. > >>>> -- > >>>> Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I tried to mount the data CD by clicking on the File Manager as Root > >>> or User but it failed to open the CD. > >> > >> > >> > >> You shouldn't need to do this because it should already be mounted. > >> > >> When you say "It's working fine in the console", what do you mean? > >> > >> > > What I mean is that I can mount and open the files on my data CD by typing: > > > > #mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrecorder > > > > Then I can cd to the /media/cdrecorder directory and see and manipulate > > my subdirectories and files. > > > > If I try to access my data CD using the File Manager as Root, it will > > not work (I get a crash sound) UNTIL I first mount it in the console as > > above. Then, after mounting it, I can access my files either in the > > console (as above) or by using the File Manager as Root. > > OK; what I've been saying is that you should not need to mount the > filesystem yourself at all. Fedora should detect that you have inserted > media and do the mount for you. > > What's in your /etc/fstab? > > Do any messages appear in /var/log/messages when you insert a data CD? > > Paul. > Dear Paul: If you wish, I can send you the /var/log/messages file off list. Here is my fstab: [sher@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/fstab # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom auto noauto,user,exec,ro 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder autonoauto,user,exec,ro 0 0 /dev/sda4 /media/IOMEGA vfat pamconsole,noatime,sync,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0 [sher@localhost ~]$ Benjamin
