On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 04:47:40PM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > no its on an ATAPI-IDE controller. the manual mount is "mount -t iso9660 > /dev/hdd /media/dvd" .. no probs at all > > thing is ... if I insert a data CD ... it gnome-mounts perfectly ... if > i put in a data DVD ... it crashes ..... same physical device ... only > difference is a CD or a DVD disc > > the gnome-mount error is "a unexpected error occured with gnome-mount" > with options to restart gnome-mount or not. Try messing with the settings for Removable Drives and Media, see if turning off some of these helps: Auto-Run programs on new drives and media Perform action on blank discs when inserted Play video DVD disks when inserted Try others, too. Regards, Msquared...