Unable to mount CD\DVD

horodnicdragos · 10-21-2007, 05:16 AM

Hey guys! I'm new to slackware so please be patient. I've searched the internet for a while now and found no answer. I'm having trouble reading from CD\DVD ROM. Each time I'm trying to view the content of a disk I get this message:

Quote:

Unable to mount ...:

A security policy in place prevents this sender from sending this
message to this recipient, see message bus configuration file
(rejected message had interface
"org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" member "Mount" error
name "(unset)" destination "org.freedesktop.Hal")

I've tried logging in as root but it still refused to work. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance!

tommcd · 10-21-2007, 06:04 AM

Make sure to add your username to the cdrom and plugdev groups in /etc/group. The cdrom line should look something like this:

cdrom::19:tom

and the same for plugdev, just add your username to the end of the line.

Peacedog · 10-21-2007, 08:07 AM

Hi horodnicdragos, Welcome to lq, In addition to tommcd's suggestion, I think you'll need an initrd if you don't already have one. There is a sticky with plenty of info here.
Good luck. ;-)

horodnicdragos · 10-21-2007, 01:58 PM

I've tried doing what tom told me to do and it seems to be working. Thanks for the welcome!