Gentoo Archives: gentoo-desktop

From: Lindsay Haisley <fmouse-gentoo@×××.com>
To: gentoo-desktop@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-desktop] Gnome-cd, Nautilus CD burner, and udev devices - FIXED
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 03:01:46
Message-Id: 20041020030139.GA9754@fmp.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-desktop] Gnome-cd, Nautilus CD burner, and udev devices by Lindsay Haisley
1 Well it seems that I had to create /dev/cdrom as a symlink to /dev/hdc, and
2 then, after a reboot, all is working as expected. Udev didn't do this by
3 default. Sorry for the traffic.
4
5 Thus spake Lindsay Haisley on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 09:33:53PM CDT
6 > I have these set. The difference is between devfs and udev. I can easily
7 > switch kernels to a (otherwise identical!) devfs kernel and all these things
8 > work, but if I use a udev-enabled kernel they don't.
9 >
10 > Thus spake Adam Petaccia on Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 09:29:33PM CDT
11 > > In gnome-2.8 you should check applications --> Desktop Preferences -->
12 > > Removable storage. Most of the options are pretty self explanitory, but
13 > > you'd probably be intersted in "Play audio CDs when inserted" and
14 > > "Perform action on blank CDs when inserted".
15 > >
16 > > On Tue, 2004-10-19 at 20:19 -0500, Lindsay Haisley wrote:
17 > > > I've switched over to kernel 2.6 w. udev and dropped devfs. One of the
18 > > > things I note that is now missing is support for auto-sensing the presence
19 > > > of a CD and opening up gnome-cd (if music) or the CD icon on the desktop (if
20 > > > ISO-9660) automatically. Also missing, apparently, is the ability to
21 > > > auto-sense a blank writable CD in the drive, which used to open up a CD
22 > > > creator window, supported, I think, by Nautilus.
23 > > >
24 > > > Restoring these features is probably just a matter of creating the proper
25 > > > devices. Any clues?
26 > > >
27 > > --
28 > > Adam Petaccia <adam@×××××××××.com>
29 > >
30 >
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