On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 13:00 -0400, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:55:56 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 21:25 -0400, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > >> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 17:33:05 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > >> > >> > On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 17:22 -0400, Mike - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > >> >> Ok FC4 with KDE, whenever I insert a CD, a "cdrecorder Konquerer" > >> >> window pops up. How can I prevent this? It is rarely what > >> >> I want. > >> > > >> > What do you want it to do? By default, the insertion of CD (or any > >> > other media that the system can see was changed without user help) > >> > will bring up some sort of browser so you can see what's on it. In KDE, > >> > it brings up Konqueror. In Gnome, it brings up Nautilus. If the media > >> > is a blank CD or DVD, then the media will be "handed" to cdrecorder so > >> > you can burn stuff on it if you wish. > >> > > >> > This is tunable in the preferences. Under KDE, go to the Control Center > >> > and select "Peripherals->Storage Media". In there, you can select the > >> > various media types and what you want to have happen when that media is > >> > seen. > >> > > >> Thanks for your suggestion. As root, I selected a lot of big red > >> X's, and now, when I am root and put in a CD, it does exactly what > >> I want: nothing. I then logged in as a user, and did the same thing. > >> But the big red X's had no effect, and the window still pops when > >> I put in a CD. For a user, it also pops a window that says "Access > >> denied to /media/cdrecorder." I would prefer that neither window > >> appear. The disk is not blank, it is an iso9660. > > > > The changes you made in control panel as root will only affect root. > > It's a user-specific preference--even though it doesn't appear as such. > > > > At least Gnome (for all its faults) does group such things under a > > "Preferences" header (which sounds user-specific) rather than "Control > > Center" (which sounds global--at least to me). > > > >> Thanks again for your thoughts. > > > > "That's what we're here for!" (c)2007, Fedora List (that's a joke, > > gang! No flames!) > > > [...] > > I set the Preferences both as the used and as root. It only worked > for root. Hmmm. Well, hopefully someone else can help. I don't use KDE often and haven't played with it too much. If it worked for root, it should work for all users. The "access denied" is due to ownership issues with CD recorders. That's something you have to futz with in udev.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Principal Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Tempt not the dragons of fate, since thou art crunchy and taste - - good with ketchup. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
