[DC LoCo] Sound diff in Gnome vs. LXDE (caused by not mounting?)

[Marti Martinson]

I have a 10.04 LTS install. Audio CDs automount, rhythmbox starts, and I
play audio CDS through that default player.

I put LXDE on and can choose it as a session at login; I did NOT
partition the HD for Ubuntu with Gnome and another Ubuntu with LXDE.

The LXDE default player is lxmusic. It refused to play even the included
default file until I searched through the File menus. In Prefs, you have
to choose the sound plugin from a drop-down box. It was empty, but also
had the ALSA option so I chose it. The default file played. (BTW, sound
was already available in the web browser for youtube vids - Yay for Giro
Lopez and "Me Enamore.")

In Prefs, too, there is an editable text box with /dev/cdrom in it. I
put /media/cdrom0 (see below) but it will not keep it.

So, the CD is not automounting in my LXDE session. (I started rhythmbox
under LXDE and it does not see nor play the CD.)

I found this:

http://linux.about.com/od/ubuntu_doc/a/ubudg19t19.htm

Assuming that /media/cdrom0/ is the location of CD/DVD-ROM

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  * To mount CD/DVD-ROM:

        sudo mount /media/cdrom0/ -o unhide

  * To unmount CD/DVD-ROM:

        sudo umount /media/cdrom0/
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I did a more of /etc/fstab. Yes, it has /media/cdrom0:

/dev/hda        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec 0       0

(Beginning with udf I am clueless.)

Since these DEs share my Ubuntu, I am AFRAID to issue these commands
under LXDE because I am SCARED they will break the automount in Gnome.

Is this fear un-warranted?

It would just be tedious to have to manually mount/unmount the CD under
LXDE. I would, however, rather do it THAT way than try to be cute and
smart, doing some trick with fstab, and destroy Gnome.

I put on LXDE to get comfortable with it - to avoid Unity in the 12.04
LTS.

As always, thank you, even if I can't get it.

Marti