The Linux eternal problem with reading CD/DVDs...

[Paul Smith]

On 7/19/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
> >> You may want to check System --> Preferences --> Removable Drives
> >> and Media Preferences - The storage and Multimedia tabs. You can
> >> control what happens when you insert different types of removable
> >> media. (If you are not running Gnome, then the menu chain will be
> >> different.) Or you can run  gnome-volume-properties and get the same
> >> thing. If auto-mounting is turned off there, then disks will not get
> >> mounted. If the media itself is bad, you will also have problems
> >> with auto-mounting.
> >
> > Thanks, Mikkel, but I cannot find "System --> Preferences" in my K
> > menu (I am using KDE).
> >
> As I said, if you are not running Gnome, the menu chain will be
> different. You could start up Gnome, or you can open up a terminal,
> and run gnome-volume-properties and get the menu. Even though you
> are running KDE, I believe the same program is used. I think it even
> controls mounting for the CLI.

OK, Mikkel. Got it!

Paul