Gnome vs KDE

[Arthur Pemberton]

David Curry wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> David Curry wrote:
>>
>>> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to hope that everyone complaining of this issue has filed 
>>>> appropriate bug reports.
>>>>
>>> Thanks, Arthur!  I had not filed a bug report on inability to mount 
>>> CD drives while running the KDE desktop since FC2 is so near Fedora 
>>> EOL, the problem first occurred on my RH 8.0 system, and I suspected 
>>> that Fedora Bugzilla searches would be as worthless as my 
>>> fedora-list archive searches with the archive search engine.  But, 
>>> on your gentle prodding I proceeded to file a bug report anyway 
>>> until I reached the point of inputing specific message text.
>>>
>>> I logged off the gnome desktop and started a KDE desktop session, 
>>> stuck a CD in /mnt/cdrom/  (CD-RW drive) and VOILA!!  The drive 
>>> automounted.
>>> Trying to stick a music CD in /mnt/cdrom1/  (CD-ROM drive), I found 
>>> the drive already mounted.  Replacing that CD with a music CD and 
>>> after adjusting some sound preferences I am now listening to music 
>>> while composing this mail.
>>>
>>> Baffling is an understatement here.  I have made no changes to my 
>>> system setup.  No updates have been applied since I last logged into 
>>> a KDE desktop session.  The only thing that I can think of which 
>>> might distinguish this experience from earlier attempts to use the 
>>> desktop is that I had left a CD in the /mnt/cdrom1 device.
>>>
>> Ahh the power of bugzilla :D
>>
>> On a more serious note, I suspect it may have been more benifical if 
>> the problem was more reproducable to aid the bug report. However it 
>> works for you., that's good.
>>
>> Peace
>>
> Well, the CD mount problem is back -- sort of.  And it is now sort of 
> a CD drive unmount problem - sort of.
> The problems emerged immediately after I used the KDE gui interfaces 
> to issue the command to eject a CD without first clicking on the 
> unmount menu option.  The mount/unmount behavior of the drives is now 
> pretty erratic, but some consistencies may be emerging.  I am 
> beginning to suspect that something is amiss with the way the drives 
> are jumpered.
>
Well good luck with that, you'll be ding us all some good if you can 
help troubleshoot the problem, esp. if it's a wdespread one.