[xubuntu-users] cdrom = "location not mountable"?

[Steven Grace]

On 07/29/2012 03:01 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> Dear Xubuntu users,  I am in a quandary: why is that Parole can play a
> cd without mounting it? And: why are audio cds  "location not
> mountable"  in my laptop running xubuntu 12.04. I have looked at
> /etc/fstab and with the UUID layout it is looking like the wrong place
> to give myself permission as  user to mount any cd. the GUI for Users
> does not seem to be effective either.
> My real goal would be to allow Rhythmbox to play cds automatically,
> instead of the default Parole.
> Any help with learning more about the file system mounting privs and settings?
> thank you, Ted P.

As far as I know, audio CDs are *never* mounted.

To set a different player for audio CDs I believe you would go to 
Settings Manager > Removable Drives and Media > Multimedia tab.