[svlug] CD automount stopped working on FC5 upgrade

[Larry Colen]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:47:12PM -0700, Joe Buck wrote:
# On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 02:30:55PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
# > For various reasons, I need to run Fedora Core 5 rather than 6 on my
# > desktop machine at work. I did a fresh install, then just did a
# > software update. Once I did the software update, it stopped
# > automatically mounting cd roms when I put them in the drive.
# 
# I'm looking at the FC6 menu, but I think it is the same as for FC5:
# 
# This is configurable from the desktop menus.  Select "System",
# then "Preferences", then "Removable Drives and Media".
# Select "Mount removable media when inserted".

Note, that works under Gnome, but isn't in the KDE menus, such that I
can find anyways.

# 
# No idea why your preference changed, I thought mounting was the default.

Actually, the preference didn't. I logged in as root on gnome in a
different session, and that is exactly how the preferences come up
following your menu path.

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