Automount of CD-ROMs no longer works

Renich Bon Ciric renich at woralelandia.com
Thu Aug 21 23:20:22 UTC 2008


On Thu, 2008-08-21 at 18:18 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote:
> I replaced my CD-ROM writer with a DVD-ROM writer, and now automounting
> of either CD-ROMs or DVD-ROMs no longer takes place. Instead, the
> CD-Creator gets started up, as it does for a blank writable CD-ROM.
> 
> I can force a mount by hand, which works. All the files show up and
> the disc is usable. However, the label on the disc is not recognized,
> and the mounted icon on the desktop simply shows it as CDROM.
> 
> I replaced the DVD writer with a Memorex 48x CD-ROM drive I
> have lying around, and the auto mount and label recognition
> both work. Putting the DVD writer back in made the symptoms
> return. Kudzu didn't report anything about the change whatever.
> 
> Hardware:
> 	Compaq Presario 2.7GHz Celeron (i386 build)
> 	Sony DRU-V200A[-BR] (shows symptoms)
> 	Memorex CD-482E (does not show symptoms)
> Software:
> 	$ uname -a
> 	Linux Presario-1 2.6.10-1.771_FC2 #1 Mon Mar 28 00:50:14 EST 2005 i686 
> i686 i386 GNU/Linux
> 	Gnome
> 
> I am aware that FC2 is very old, no need to comment.
> 
> I checked
> 
> Red Hat->Preferences->CD and DVD
> 
> and under Data Discs both "Mount discs when inserted" and
> "Start auto run programs when present" are checked.
> 
> Someone please advise me on how to proceed to get this
> drive to work for me the way I would like.
> 
> Mike
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Same problem here...
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