Impossible to eject dvd?

nodata fedora at nodata.co.uk
Mon Sep 11 22:22:30 UTC 2006


Am Sonntag, den 10.09.2006, 18:36 -0400 schrieb Jim Cornette:
> Filip Tsachev wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > When I inserted dvd+rw, it was mounted. I wanted to rewrite it with
> > k3b. Tried using gnome-umount -u /dev/hdc, with no luck. While right
> > clicking the device only offers eject as an option. Had to use umount
> > /dev/hdc as root, because using it as an user produced the output:
> > "it's not in fstab and you're not root". Guess I miss something about
> > gnome-mount in the overall picture.
> > 
> 
> The choice to unmount a device should be offered as a selection within 
> the GUI interface. Why there is no choice is beyond me.

Probably because the idea is for a user to "not need to know" about
mounting and unmounting.

> >Though the 
> subject is related to ejecting the CD, which I have no problems using.

The latest version of eject uses pam, so can unmount as a user.

> 
> Jim
> 
> -- 
> Ryan's Law:
> 	Make three correct guesses consecutively
> 	and you will establish yourself as an expert.
> 




More information about the fedora-test-list mailing list