On Tue, 2007-11-27 at 09:57 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > dvd /dev/scd ext3 defaults 0 0 You have a dvd at "/dev/scd"? And it uses "ext3" as its file system? I don't think removable media has needed entries in the fstab file since about FC4. Certainly if you're using Gnome or KDE. Try commenting it out, completely, and see if the auto-mounting system works by itself. -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr 2.6.23.1-10.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.