cd drive mounting

[akonstam at trinity.edu]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 10:15:20AM -0700, Steve Fink wrote:
> > > Mark & Aaron,
> > > 
> > > Do you also have automount turned on?
> > > 
> > > As your user, not root, check...
> > > Preferences --> Removable Storage, check the box that says mount
> > > removable media when inserted.
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > 
> > > Steve
> > 
> > hi Steve,
> > 
> > I doubled checked the removable storage interface and all is as it 
> > should be. I looked to make sure just where the CD drive is connected on 
> > the motherboard and it is on IDE1 whereas both hard drives are on IDE0. 
> > I've got the services utility open, autofs is running and the status thusly:
> > 
> > Configured Mount Points:
> > ------------------------
> > 
> > Active Mount Points:
> > --------------------
> > 
> > Might there be some configuration that needs to be done that might have 
> > supposed to have been done during installation that didn't happen for 
> > some reason. So far as i've seen from another on this list my fstab 
> > appears to contain exactly the same thing as his. At present the only 
> > way I can mount and use the CD drive for reading data cd's is if I 
> > become root and manually mount the device.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mark
> > 
> > "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found
> > a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough
> > to learn from his own stupidity."
> > 
> 
> Mark,
> 
> As root edit the file named /usr/share/hal/fdi/90defaultpolicy/storage-
> policy.fdi
> 
> Locate the line that says <merge
> key="storage.policy.default.mount_option.noauto"
> type="bool">true</merge>
> 
> Change the true to false.
> 
> Then reboot.
> 
> See if that helps.
> 
> Best,
> 
Well the above seems to work but why?
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