[wplug] Continuing saga of rh9 on IBM X31

[Bryon Gill]

Actually, if you've installed gnome as your desktop (the default), when 
you right click on an empty part of your desktop you'll get a list of 
options, one of which is "disks".  There should be a cd-rom entry there, 
and you can click it to mount/eject the cdrom.  This is the simplest linux 
desktop method I know of for this purpose.

Slightly off topic: New versions of Nautilus (the gnome file manager, akin 
to windows explorer, better known as "windows that have files and folders 
in them") now have a "burn:///" option that opens a window for writing 
cd-r's whenever you insert a blank cd-r or cd-rw.  It's a nice little 
touch that ought to make burning data cd's easier for people.  
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have an option for burning downloaded iso 
images, so you still have to use the command line for your distro burning 
but for backups/etc it's very useful.  Pleasant surprise.

Bryon

ps - One exception to the Gnome disk controller advice above- if you 
originally mounted the cdrom as root, then log in as a normal user, the 
normal user will most likely not have the appropriate permissions to 
unmount/eject the cdrom and it will pop up an error message.  If you 
mounted the cd as root you'll have to unmount it as root using the command 
line "umount /mnt/cdrom" assuming your cd is mounted at /mnt/cdrom (which 
is the redhat default if memory serves).

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004, Jennifer Landefeld wrote:

> First, many thanks for all the assistance with this install at the fest 
> on Saturday. It is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Now, on to a question: CD's no longer automount on the desktop.
> 
> What we did:
> 
> Installed rh9 standard distro
> updated distro to current kernel (and the wholesale list of updates 
> were installed via rh up2date -- after we patched that to function 
> properly)
> uninstalled OO installed with rh (v 1.0.x)
> installed OO 1.1 from OO.org
> attempted to install Matlab - from CD but did NOT have the license file 
> to complete that. Now, here's the odd thing, it mounted the CD's when I 
> first tried this.
> not active on CMU internal via cable at my desk yet SO brought in a 
> Linksys wireless PCMCIA which was recognized right off.
> 
> Somewhere between the first attempt to load Matlab and working on it 
> BEFORE the wireless card was popped in it has ceased to automount the 
> CD.
> 
> Any ideas gratefully appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Jenn
> 
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