k3b unable do umount cdrw for erasing

[Rahul]

dragoran wrote:
> Rahul wrote:
>> Michael Schwendt wrote:
>>> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:07:45 +0530, Rahul wrote:
>>>
>>>> LarryT wrote:
>>>>> The problem already exists on fc5.
>>>>> When trying to burn iso on cdrw not empty, k3b ask to erase it, but 
>>>>> k3b cant umount the device.
>>>>> One has to run from shell : gnome-umount -d /dev/hdX (where X is 
>>>>> the name of the dev).
>>>>>
>>>> Doesnt umount work? Can you file a bug report against FC5 and 
>>>> duplicate it for development version too?
>>>
>>> umount works, of course, but that is a rather painful step in a GUI
>>> environment when k3b doesn't do it for the user.
>>>
>>
>> Sure. There is a bug. I am just confirming to make sure that 
>> gnome-mount isnt required to unmount stuff in the command line. That 
>> would another issue to resolve then.
>>
>> Rahul
>>
> 
> seems that k3b needs a patch to use gnome-mount/umount instead of 
> mount/umount ... but do they work in kde?
> 

That would be a bad idea due to GNOME dependencies that it would pull 
in. What is needed is equivalent HAL layer that KDE can use which should 
be pretty easy to code.

Rahul