how to have hal be selective

[Brian Millett]

>
>> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:59:51 -0600 (CST), Brian Millett
>> <bpm at ec-group.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello, I just purchased a DVD+-RW drive that I put into a usb 2.0
>>> enclosure.  The manufacture is:
>>>
>>> scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>>>   Vendor: MAD DOG   Model: MD-16XDVD9        Rev: 2.F6
>>>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>>>
>>> It looks like to burn anything (dvd/cd) with this external device, I
>>> have to stop haldaemon.  If I do not, then I have coasters.
>>>
>>> My question is, is there any way to have hal ignore this device when
>>> a blank cd/dvd is inserted?  I, ofcourse, would want hal to mount any
>>> valid disk that is inserted.
>>
>> Hal doesnt mount anything by itself....
>> maybe you are refering to gnome-volume-manager, which interacts with
>> hal to mount storage devices and deal with removable media when
>> inserted.. assuming you are running gnome.  My understanding is, at
>> least in gnome, it should be enough to disable gnome-volume-manager's
>> handling of blank writable dvd/cd media.
>
> Jeff,
>    Thanks.  Yep I am running gnome.  Running gnome-volume-properties
> shows
> that blank cds are disabled.  However, if I put one in (cd/dvd) they
> show up being handled by nautilus-cd-burn-whatever-comand.  What I have
> here is a failure to communicate.

Well, before I filed a bug, I tried stopping g-v-m and inserted a blank
cd.  Nuts!  It shows up.  So any ideas what is really handling mounting
blank media?  Or is that a bug?  Or am I just not testing correctly?

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