GNU bug report logs - #35584
CDs and DVDs aren't auto-mounted

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 35584 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, sirgazil <sirgazil <at> zoho.com>
Subject: bug#35584: CD/DVD does not work
Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 22:17:04 +0200

pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

> On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 11:52:36AM -0500, sirgazil wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed the GNU system in a real machine using the Guix 1.0 ISO installer (https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.0.0.x86_64-linux.iso.xz).
>>
>> When I insert a CD or a DVD the drive light flashes for a moment, then turns off, but it seems the discs are never mounted. GNOME displays no messages, GNOME Files does not list the drive, I don't see anything related to DVD after running  "findmnt", and running "lsblk" says:
>>
>> ```
>> $ lsblk
>> NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
>> sda      8:0    0 931,5G  0 disk
>> ├─sda1   8:1    0   750M  0 part /boot/efi
>> ├─sda2   8:2    0   3,7G  0 part [SWAP]
>> └─sda3   8:3    0 927,1G  0 part /
>> sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom
>> ```
>
> I can confirm.  So sr0 is visible.  The same happens for me on an
> internal and an external USB DVD drive when I insert a video DVD, but
> I can play it with VLC and once I open the drive /dev/sr0 in VLC it
> gets auto-mounted in Nautilus.  Note that I have gvfs in my packages
> field, if that makes a difference.
>
> On Arch the DVD gets mounted by Nautilus immediately on insert.

I cannot reproduce this with a slightly older system.  On my workstation
CDs could always be mounted by Nautilus immediately.  If this doesn’t
work any more it must be a regression.

--
Ricardo

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