FC5 mounting:wq audio CD's

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

n Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 09:37:26PM -0500, fredex wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 07:19:36PM -0600, akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:
> > In sound production from a CD first you have to mount it. I saw in the
> > release notes that in FC5 removable media would not be configured for
> > mounting automatically. Bu t now I see I am having trouble mounting
> > audio disks at all. What does this all mean and what are we supposed
> > to do? auto does not work for the type of the audio cd. What type
> > should we use, or is this a really stupid question.
> > -- 
> 
> Audio CDs aren't mounted. Only data CDs are mounted. A data CD can
> contain MP3 files or other audio files that you can play, but I
> assume since you mentioned "audio CDs" you don't mean that.
> 
> You just insert 'em and if a CD player doesn't start automatically,
> you start one up from the menu.
> 
That is what I observed but neither  the standard gnome cd player
claims there is a device error or totem opens and says it can't play
the CD. So I am a little confused. You are right that the CD appears on
the desktop but does not seem to be accessible.
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