Auto play DVDs?

David McGlone d.mcglone at att.net
Wed Dec 3 20:59:17 UTC 2008


On Wednesday 03 December 2008 3:06:52 pm Wulfy wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > On Wednesday 03 December 2008 5:08:11 am Wulfy wrote:
> >> Jonas Norlander wrote:
> >>> 2008/12/3 Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk>:
> >>>> Kubuntu Intrepid.
> >>>>
> >>>> How do I tell Kubuntu to autoplay DVDs and AudioCDs?  I've looked
> >>>> everywhere I can think of, googled, system-settings-ed, but nowhere
> >>>> can I find how to tell the system what I want it to do.  It seems most
> >>>> strange that I can configure devices I *don't* have (joystick and
> >>>> camera) but not devices I *do* have!  <sigh>
> >>>
> >>> I don't think you can. The dialog you got when inserting a media with
> >>> option like mount, browse, play, rip etc. you had in KDE3 is one of
> >>> the things i really miss in Intrepid. The only thing you can do (as
> >>> far i know) is to open with dolphin if you use the "discover new
> >>> media" plasmoid.
> >>>
> >>> / Jonas
> >>
> >> Thanks, Jonas.
> >>
> >> Yeah, I found that plasmoid and it does just that.  I can also "Play
> >> DVD" from the menu in Kaffeine, but it's a hassle.  Hopefully, KDE 4.2
> >> will fix some of these silly things...
> >
> > I agree. I also wasted an hour or two trying to configure this also.
> >
> > I've been using 8.10 for a while now. It is surprisingly stable, but does
> > lack some features I was so familiar with in 8.04.
> >
> > On a side note, I have a question.
> >
> > Is 8.10 named Intrepid?
>
> *buntu 8.10 is Intrepid Ibex...  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/

Thanks, I usually just go by version numbers.
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David M.
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