cd drive mounting

[Sharon Kimble]

akonstam at trinity.edu wrote:

> 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.
>>
I tried this and it made no difference at all. Any more clues/ideas please?

Sharon.
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