Gary: > I notice that with snv_112 X86, and a few earlier versions, that there's a > persistent > Audio Disk icon on my desktop, even when the drive is empty. When I insert an > audio disk, a window appears that says ``Unable to mount Audio Disk'' and > ``Location > is already mounted''. I have to right-click on the Audio Disk icon and > select ''Open > With'' to start one of the players. It used to start all by itself, but now > that's stopped > working. What's happened?
If the drive is already mounted, then is there any clue in the mount table configuration? Note that HAL is what is responsible for mounting and unmounting the CD drive. Normally it launches gnome-mount and this will autolaunch programs as per specified in the GConf keys defined in desktop/gnome/volume-manager. You can use gconf-editor to see these settings, and verify that they are reasonable. If the problem is with HAL, running lshal will show you what devices are currently recognized by HAL. If it seems that it is incorrectly showing the drive as being mounted when its not, then I'd file a bug against HAL and attach the lshal output. Another test you can run is to see if it works any better when you log in via the root user. There have been issues in the past caused by the fact that non-root users do not have permissions to do certain things needed by removable media. Brian
