Gnome vs KDE

[Arthur Pemberton]

David Curry wrote:

> Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
>> David Curry wrote:
>>
>>> FWIW, the CD drive mounting problem is not confined to Fedora Core 
>>> distribution.  In FC2 using a KDE 3.2 variant, I simply cannot mount 
>>> either of my CD-ROM or CD-RW drives.  A few days ago, running a 
>>> Gnome desktop I downloaded and burned a LiveCD distribution named 
>>> SimplyMEPIS which uses KDE3.3 on top of a Debian distribution.
>>> I was able to boot from the LiveCd in the CD-RW drive without any 
>>> problems but could not then mount the CD-ROM.  One conspicuous 
>>> difference between the KDE desktop MEPIS was the placement of CD 
>>> drive icons on the desktop compared to having CD drives buried in 
>>> submenus on the KDE (and Gnome) desktop(s) in FC2.
>>>
>> 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