Kubuntu 9.04 on sony vaio VGN-NS11S

[David McGlone]

On Monday 01 June 2009 11:39:36 am Nigel Ridley wrote:
> David McGlone wrote:
> > On Monday 01 June 2009 01:24:15 am Nigel Ridley wrote:
> >> David McGlone wrote:
> >>> On Sunday 31 May 2009 04:19:19 pm Humberto S. Shiromoto wrote:
> >>>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:44 PM, David McGlone <david at dmcentral.net>
> >
> > wrote:
> >>>>> cat /etc/fstab
> >>>>
> >>>> humberto at socrates:~$ cat /etc/fstab
> >>>> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> >>>> #
> >>>> # Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
> >>>> # device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
> >>>> devices # that works even if disks are added and removed. See
> >>>> fstab(5). #
> >>>> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> >>>> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> >>>> # / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
> >>>> UUID=58199f1c-daa8-4719-8c1c-350c973eb6be /               ext3
> >>>> relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> >>>> # /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
> >>>> UUID=a08ba817-1526-47b5-8b07-0e360dd22f84 /home           ext3
> >>>> relatime 0       2
> >>>> # /windows was on /dev/sda5 during installation
> >>>> UUID=F046-92E0  /windows        vfat    utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0      
> >>>> 1 /dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0
> >>>> 0
> >>>
> >>> The fstab entry is there, so it is recognized by kubuntu.
> >>>
> >>> Have you tried Mark Greenwoods suggestion?
> >>>
> >>> also after you try Mark's suggestion, let us know if it works or not,
> >>> and could you give the output of:
> >>>
> >>> ls -la /media
> >>>
> >>> You should have a folder named cdrom and a folder named cdrom0
> >>>
> >>> make sure the permissions on the 2 folders are correct.
> >>>
> >>> I'm leaning more towards Mark's comment to what your problem may be,
> >>> but it never hurts to check to be sure.
> >>
> >> I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 with Jaunty up-to-date.
> >> If I insert any type of media, including a CD (whether music or data) it
> >> used to be that the notification icon would pop up a message with the
> >> option of opening it in Dolphin. Now there is no pop up message and if I
> >> hover over said icon it informs me of the "Last Plugged in Device:
> >> name_of_media" but doesn't give any options.
> >> However, within Dolphin's 'Places' panel an entry for the inserted media
> >> appears and if I click on it it mounts and opens in the existing Dolphin
> >> window.
> >
> > Nigel, I can confirm this partially. Although my notification icon does
> > work, it seems kubuntu does not mount the cdrom until either the
> > notification icon is used or the icon in the sidebar of dolphin is used.
> >
> > Here's how I confirmed:
> >
> > Insert a data cd in your cdrom, open dolphin and type /media/cdrom or
> > /media/cdrom0 into the location bar. The directories are empty, BUT if
> > you use the taskbar notification icon OR the icon in the sidebar of
> > dolphin then the cdrom is mounted and displays the contents of the CD.
>
> Yes, clicking on the device (notification icon or the icon in the sidebar
> of dolphin) will then mount the device.
>
> > Then if you do not remove the CD and close dolphin then open dolphin
> > again and type /media/cdrom or /media/cdrom0 in the location bar, the
> > contents is still there.
>
> As it is still mounted....
>
> > Have you tried removing the taskbar notification icon and putting it
> > back? does that enable the taskbar notification icon to work then?
>
> Just tried removing the taskbar notification icon and putting it back and
> it now works as expected :-) Is that a bug or a feature?

It's gotta be a bug, since the notification is added to the taskbar on initial 
install, so it is assumed to work.
>
> To try and help the OP, when a disk is inserted in the drive, does it start
> spinning up and does the led on the device start to blink?

Thats a good question.
-- 
Blessings,
David M.
http://www.dmcentral.net