how to have hal be selective

[Brian Millett]

> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:59:51 -0600 (CST), Brian Millett
> <bpm at ec-group.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello, I just purchased a DVD+-RW drive that I put into a usb 2.0
>> enclosure.  The manufacture is:
>>
>> scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
>>   Vendor: MAD DOG   Model: MD-16XDVD9        Rev: 2.F6
>>   Type:   CD-ROM                             ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>>
>> It looks like to burn anything (dvd/cd) with this external device, I
>> have to stop haldaemon.  If I do not, then I have coasters.
>>
>> My question is, is there any way to have hal ignore this device when a
>> blank cd/dvd is inserted?  I, ofcourse, would want hal to mount any
>> valid disk that is inserted.
>
> Hal doesnt mount anything by itself....
> maybe you are refering to gnome-volume-manager, which interacts with hal
> to mount storage devices and deal with removable media when
> inserted.. assuming you are running gnome.  My understanding is, at
> least in gnome, it should be enough to disable gnome-volume-manager's
> handling of blank writable dvd/cd media.

Jeff,
   Thanks.  Yep I am running gnome.  Running gnome-volume-properties shows
that blank cds are disabled.  However, if I put one in (cd/dvd) they
show up being handled by nautilus-cd-burn-whatever-comand.  What I have
here is a failure to communicate.
I'm going to stroll over to bugzilla and see if it is there, if not file it.

Thanks.


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