CD/DVD automount in Fedora 12

[Suvayu Ali]

On Monday 05 April 2010 12:12 PM, Andrew Junev wrote:
> Hello Suvayu,
>
> Monday, April 5, 2010, 10:57:20 PM, you wrote:
>
>> On Monday 05 April 2010 11:50 AM, Andrew Junev wrote:
>>>
>>> Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:47:50 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> OK, let's try this:
>>>
>>>> in gconf-edit,
>>>
>>>> apps ->>   nautilus ->   preferences
>>>
>>>> Check the settings for media-automount
>>>
>>> I checked this one already before posting the question. It is ticked.
>>> I also tried removing it and putting it back again.
>>> Still no change...
>>>
>
>> What does `tail -20 /var/log/messages' give you after you insert the
>> media in the drive?
>
>
> Ummm, it says nothing about my DVD drive - there are no new messages
> when I insert or eject a media.
>
> But /var/log/messages shows some other problem (not sure if automount
> is somehow related to this):
>
> 2010-04-05T21:17:55.102700+04:00 frontend1 abrt: Kerneloops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt
> 2010-04-05T21:17:55.102746+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: Directory 'kerneloops-1270487875-1' creation detected
> 2010-04-05T21:17:55.189349+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: Getting local universal unique identification
> 2010-04-05T21:17:55.194352+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: New crash /var/cache/abrt/kerneloops-1270487875-1, processing
> 2010-04-05T21:17:55.194370+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: RunApp('/var/cache/abrt/kerneloops-1270487875-1','test x"`cat component`" = x"xorg-x11-server-Xorg"&&  cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log .')
> 2010-04-05T21:19:55.103001+04:00 frontend1 abrt: Kerneloops: Reported 1 kernel oopses to Abrt
> 2010-04-05T21:19:55.103048+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: Directory 'kerneloops-1270487995-1' creation detected
> 2010-04-05T21:19:55.189541+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: Getting local universal unique identification
> 2010-04-05T21:19:55.490281+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: New crash /var/cache/abrt/kerneloops-1270487995-1, processing
> 2010-04-05T21:19:55.490305+04:00 frontend1 abrtd: RunApp('/var/cache/abrt/kerneloops-1270487995-1','test x"`cat component`" = x"xorg-x11-server-Xorg"&&  cp /var/log/Xorg.0.log .')
>
>
> How do I check what is wrong here?
>

Try this,

# grep -i mount /var/log/messages

If you still don't get any output, something might be wrong with your 
HAL settings. I am not well acquainted with HAL to provide any hints on 
troubleshooting. Sorry :( But on the bright side, there are many members 
on this list who are much more familiar with it. :)

Any suggestions anyone?

-- 
Suvayu

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