can't mount dvd, thumb drives, etc

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Sep 22 20:36:45 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:11 -0400, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote:
> I have F9 x86_64, which I installed from a revisor iso.
> 
> When I insert a dvd into my drive, or a usb thumb drive into the usb 
> port, the volumes are not auto-mounted. They appear in Nautilus under 
> "Computer", but right-click>mount doesn't work (no error messages appear).
> 
> I suspect I'm missing some critical rpm.
> 
> "Sys > Prefs >Hardware > Removable Drives and Media" exists, but none of 
> the tabs deal with dvd drives or thimb drives.

This is a frustration I came upon fairly early in using f9. The absence of control of 
what the system should do with CDs, DVDs and thumb drives. They all
mount on my machine but i don't know why. 
Part of the answer is in:System->Preferences->Personal->File Management
Preferences-> Media 
Browse Media when inserted for example.. But I am not sure what that
does exactly.

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