F11 and CD Failure
Gregory P. Ennis
PoMec at PoMec.Net
Sun Oct 4 20:13:20 UTC 2009
On Sun, 2009-10-04 at 15:05 -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
> To All :
>
> I have not been able to solve this problem with hal. If any of you have
> an idea of what to do next I would appreciate it. Thanks to Craig and
> Hiisi and Aaron for their dialog.
>
> I don't like building kludges but I could not figure out how to fix this
> problem without a BIG KLUDGE. Here is how I have temporarily solved it
> until one of you can help me learn how to fix hal.
>
> #1. Create subdirectory 'cd' in '/media' so that '/media/cd' is
> addressable with protections of <444>.
>
> #2. Added line item in /etc/fstab of :
> /dev/cdrom /media/cd iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
>
> #3. Created a perl script to mount the cd by way of :
> '/bin/mount /media/cd' and created a launcher link on the desktop of the
> user.
>
> #4. Created a perl script to unmount the cd by way of :
> '/bin/umount /media/cd' and created a launcher link on the desktop to
> the user.
>
> This gives manual control to a user that has never heard of the words
> 'mount' and 'umount'
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I suppose that's easier for you than following my instructions.
Craig
Craig,
Sure appreciate your help, and I thought I did follow your instructions,
but I could not get hal to mount the drive.
If there are things you think I could do I will give it another try!!!
Greg
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