Hello, Everyone Before I proceed to ask this question, I want to acknowledge that I have read the following from the release notes: > Fedora Core 5 now uses gnome-mount, a more efficient mechanism that > replaces fstab-sync, and uses HAL to handle mounting. > 7.7. No automatic fstab editing for removable media > > The fstab-sync facility has been removed. In Fedora Core , the > fstab-sync program is removed in favor of desktop specific solutions > for mounting removable media. Entries for hotplug devices or inserted > media are no longer automatically added to the /etc/fstab file. > Command-line users may migrate to gnome-mount, which provides similar > functionality. First, let me describe this the same way that I discovered it: I wanted to mount a CD, or maybe my flash drive. I looked on my KDE desktop, and there were no icons to click on to mount any drives. So I first looked at my /media directory, and of course (as I now know) it was empty. I proceeded to do some googling on the matter, which prompted me to try to log-in to gnome and see if I had any better luck over there. Some of you may be expecting what happened next: I started placing data cd's in my cd drives, and I plugged my flash drive into a port on the front of our machine. Lo and behold, they mounted automatically. Logged out of gnome, and logged back into KDE, and of course, they were still mounted. I do not need (nor do I necessarily want) automounting. All I want to do (as a regular user) is to mount and unmount media in my two cd drives and my flash drive. I do not use GNOME, and I would rather not have to log out of KDE, get my media mounted, and log back into KDE to use it. And I don't want to switch to GNOME. So the question is, how do I achieve automounting in KDE? Or, how can I mount my cd drives and my flash drive as a regular user in KDE? Since it may be significant, I am running KDE 3.5.2 compiled from source (Branch 3.5 SVN) on Fedora Core 5. If you have reason to suspect that I should take this over to the KDE list, let me know. Also, if any of you will assist me in determining what (if any) component I should file a bug against, I would be glad to do that as well. Have a Great Day/Night, Steven P. Ulrick
