is etch supposed to automount cdrom/cameras etc?

arjay · 08-13-2005, 09:07 AM

I have upgraded from stable to testing and all seems to have gone OK.

However, I find that if I connect a camera via usb or put an audio CD in the cdrom, nothing happens - i.e. I thought I might get an icon on the desktop acknowledging the mount(s), or some relevant software might open ...

Is this supposed to happen or do I need to add something to fstab or whatever.? (bit of a newbie just in case you hadn't figured it out yet).

Appreciate any help you can give.

samael26 · 08-13-2005, 09:16 AM

Hi,
In Gnome, at least for me, icons appear on the desktop.

arjay · 08-13-2005, 09:58 AM

samael. Thanks for your info. I was afraid of that - I seem to remember before I removed unstable, I had icons showing up on the desktop. But I had so many problems with unstable I went back to stable and then testing - which is where I am now. I am also using Gnome. Which version are you using? Also - do you have anything special in your fstab? This is mine:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults,devuid=0,devgid=107,devmode=0666 0 0

Cheers ..

saman007uk · 08-13-2005, 10:13 AM

You have to install the GNOME Volume Manager:

Code:

apt-get install gnome-volume-manager

This is available in all versions of Debian.

arjay · 08-13-2005, 05:24 PM

saman007uk

I tried the apt-get but it says I already have gnome-volume-manager installed.

Does it have to be used in some way?

saman007uk · 08-14-2005, 05:08 AM

Well, run following as the non-root user:

Code:

gnome-volume-properties

arjay · 08-14-2005, 05:53 AM

saman007uk

Thanks for your help . Got it sorted now. I had actually had a look at the properties (via the menus) but had missed that the cd player section pointed to the wrong command. Once I changed that to a cd player it worked fine. Now, when I put a cd in it starts to play automatically.

Appreciate the time you took out to help.

Regards

Richard