On Mon, 2006-08-07 at 16:25 +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > Hi ll > > I have this problem where when I insert a data dvd into my dvd-rom, > gnome-mount crashes and reports an "unexpected error." (By the way .. > using FC5). Inserting a data CD instead, works as expected... its only > data DVD's. (all in the same DVD-ROM) > > I have logged a bug report with fedora.redhat but nothing seems to have > been done with it ... > > So I am wondering...do some of you out there have no problem when data > dvd's are mounted by gnome-mount, or do you all experience the problem > ... i am wondering whether this is somehow to do with hardware. > > Interestuingly, manually mounting the dvd using "mount -t iso9660 > /dev........" etc works perfectly ... so its sseem something to do with > gnome's hardware abstraction layer, gnome-vfs or gnome-mount. > > Further, the gnome-live-disk works flawlessly also ... so its clearly > something to do with fedora's implementation, since the orginial gnome > is ok with it ... also ubuntu works fine too. > > Any feedback please? > > Cheers and Beers Is it perhaps on an SATA controller?? Using the mount command are you using something like mount -t iso9660 /dev/sda2 /media/name and does it work? If so, is your system calling it /dev/hda2?? instead and then it craps out with a can't locate device error? That's been my rant and problem. -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
