GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 112276
Nautilus spins-up CD-ROM drive during startup
Last modified: 2006-06-02 00:45:03 UTC
Description of Problem: When Nautilus starts, spins up CD-ROM drive. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Start NAutilus ... 2. 3. Actual Results: When CD-ROM entry is removed from /etc/fstab, works it fine. Expected Results: Nautilus won't acces unmounted CD-ROM drive. How often does this happen? Everytime. Additional Information:
I believe this is a magicdev _preference_ and not a nautilus _bug_. However, it would help if you described your problem a little better. The nautilus version is reported as 2.2.x, yet the GNOMEVER2.0 keyword is set. What is the correct version? Which distribution are you using? Will a nautilus windows of the CD come up without you manually running nautilus (it takes about 10 seconds or so for it to happen for me, but it does happen)? Does the gnome-cd-properties program exist on your computer? Marking as NEEDINFO until these questions are answered.
Hi, I'm using nautilus 2.2.3-1 from Debian SID/Woody backport repository. The same problem I have, when I compile gnome with latest garnome script. Problem description is very easy, when I start ONLY xinit with xterm (xinit -e xterm) and then run nautilus from console, my CD-ROM drive spins-up. When is CD blank medium (cd-rw), nautilus hangs for longer time, trying to seek this cd and then starts. About gnome-cd-properties I don't know anything, but I tried it on blank user profile (/home/test user with deleted this folder) and problem "works".
I don't understand your comment about gnome-cd-properties. Perhaps it would help if I cleared things up a little bit. nautilus is not spinning up the CD. magicdev is. magicdev then tells nautilus to start if it finds that the CD is anything other than a music CD. gnome-cd-properties is a simple gui application that will allow you to modify some preferences for magicdev -- for example, telling nautilus to NOT start up when a CD is in the drive (by deselecting the "Mount CD when inserted" button). You should also be able to change these preferences by either using the gconf-editor or gconftool-2.
So, are you able to reproduce this problem ? Do you have the same problem ? I know what is magicdev, but I'm not using this for a long time. Is now magicdev part of the nautilus ? I think no. Magicdev mount CD (or other) medium, when is inserted. But it's not my problem. Nautilus only "checks" my CD, not mounts it. Problem occours when nautilus is started and cd medium is still in cd-rom. How could I check configuration of "magicdev" ? I tried to find anything about it in gconf-editor, but there's nothing. thank you hanc
I can reproduce the "problem" if I leave the default magicdev preferences alone--if I change them to tell it to not automatically mount CDs, then I can't reproduce it. But, if you're certain you're not using magicdev (it'd be nice to check with a 'ps -ef | grep magicdev') then I'll reopen this bug. Changing GNOMEVER2.0->GNOMEVER2.2 due to your previous response, leaving priority and severity at normal, and adding the bugsquad keyword.
I'm don't using magicdev ( it't not running and is not installed). In debian repository isn't magicdev aviable. I think it's absolutely obsolete app.
Well, I have no idea what would spin up the CD if it isn't magicdev, so I'm leaving this to someone else. Sorry if I've slowed things down. :( Hopefully a maintainer will be able to help you out. Removing myself from the cc list.
*** Bug 102721 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Probleme still here with nautilus 2.4.1 (Debian unstable, magicdev no installed)
I hate this problems too from time to time, whether or not magicdev is running.
How will the post magicdev world of HAL and DBUS handle this?
do you still have this issue?
No response, closing. Feel free to reopen if this is still a problem.