gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0 does nothing to mount floppies

[Kevin DeKorte]

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Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2006 at 03:40:56PM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>    gnome-mount -d /dev/fd0 does not mount floppies as it should.
> 
> This looks like a new bug.  If you will browse what is under
> "Computer" icon on your desktop then floppy is no longer there.
> Right?  Hence gnome-mount has no chance to find it.  Anybody
> with an idea which component fails here?  hal? gnome-vfs?
> 
> Trying the command above from the root account I see now:
> 
> (gnome-mount:7073): Bonobo-CRITICAL **: bonobo_object_unref:
> assertion `BONOBO_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
> 
> If non-root then it just prints its version (nobody knows what for)
> and silently fails.  Adding '-v' does not change anything.
> 
>    Michal
> 

I'm getting this in my kernel  2.6.17-1.2187_FC5 dmesg log

dmesg | grep floppy
ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide
floppy0: no floppy controllers found

and I'm pretty sure that machine has a floppy drive.

Kevin


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