Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

[stosss <stosss@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:12:30 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Then again, when I put a CD/DVD in, it doesn't mount it
>>> automatically anymore.  I think that is a KDE4 thing.  I may not have
>>> turned something on.  I just haven't looked into it yet.
>>>
>>
>> That's a settings thing, turned off by default
>>
>> System Settings>  Advanced>  Removable Devices
>>
>>
>>
>
> I spoke to soon.  It worked once tho.  I can mount it manually tho.  Maybe I
> already mounted it manually and forgot?  I already had a DVD in there.  I'm
> getting to old.  lol
>
> Am I supposed to have anything in fstab for KDE4 and the DVD?  I don't have
> currently and didn't for KDE3 either.  I read somewhere that KDE4 did this
> differently tho.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
>

Something like this will allow a non-admin user to mount the CD/DVD

/dev/cdrom    /mnt/cdrom   auto   noauto,user        0  0
                                                             ^^^^^^^^


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