Supermount -- Advisable?

[Paul Howarth]

Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Paul Howarth wrote:
> 
>> Benjamin Sher wrote:
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>>>
>>> On 5 Jul 2005 at 8:30, Paul Howarth wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2005-07-05 at 02:19 -0500, Benjamin Sher wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It's working fine in the console. I was hoping to make it work in 
>>>>> Konqueror, too, whether as root or user.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It should be working properly for all applications if you are 
>>>> physically
>>>> logged-in on that machine and not using it remotely.
>>>>
>>>> P.S. Please stop top-posting on this mailing list.
>>>> Paul.
>>>> -- 
>>>> Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I tried to mount the data CD by clicking on the File Manager as Root 
>>> or User but it failed to open the CD.
>>
>>
>>
>> You shouldn't need to do this because it should already be mounted.
>>
>> When you say "It's working fine in the console", what do you mean?
>>
>>
> What I mean is that I can mount and open the files on my data CD by typing:
> 
> #mount /dev/hdc -t iso9660 /media/cdrecorder
> 
> Then I can cd to the /media/cdrecorder directory and see and manipulate 
> my subdirectories and files.
> 
> If I try to access my data CD using the File Manager as Root, it will 
> not work (I get a crash sound) UNTIL I first mount it in the console as 
> above. Then, after mounting it, I can access my files either in the 
> console (as above) or by using the File Manager as Root.

OK; what I've been saying is that you should not need to mount the 
filesystem yourself at all. Fedora should detect that you have inserted 
media and do the mount for you.

What's in your /etc/fstab?

Do any messages appear in /var/log/messages when you insert a data CD?

Paul.