This really is a stinker of an old bug. Martin Pitt, this is fixed in other linux distros, in fact it never really became a problem in them. What is needed is some determination and the will to get a grip on it in Ubuntu.
I concur with NoOP that a permissions problem seems to be at the heart of it. I have made launchers to demonstrate how sudo can mount and dismount the floppy drive and hope this helps somebody, somewhere to get a grip! -------------------------- On the very top panel right click then left click to select 'add to panel'. Select 'Custom Application Launcher', press the Add button Set the following fields:- Type: Application in Terminal Name: Mount floppy drive Command: sudo mount /dev/fd0/ media/floppy0 -o user Comment: Use this short cut to mount the floppy drive Press OK and a new launcher icon should appear in the top panel. You can repeat the process to set up a launcher to demount the drive. In this case you could use: Type: Application in Terminal Name: Unmount floppy drive Command: sudo umount /dev/fd0 Comment: Use this short cut to unmount the floppy drive -------------------------- Count me in to do any testing etc as the dev thinks fit. I can't code or I would volunteer for that. We can't keep living in denial that this is not a major user turn off by pretending floppy drives are entirely obsolete. -- Clicking on floppy gives "no device media found" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441835 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
