blank cd's not mounting

[buzzmandt]

I put in a blank cd it doesn't show up in the recently plugged in plasma widget on the taskbar. it also doesn't show up in menu>computer. but under k3b it shows as blank medium and seems to work fine. any way to fix this on the widget and in computer menu?

[bossa]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

2nd this ,I'm using device manager widget no show here or in Dolphin, but is there in K3b

[Telengard]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

Hey guys. I am not running Karmic (yet), but am made very curious by your question. May I ask, why do you want to mount media without a filesystem? Is there something else going on here that I am missing?

[bossa]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

Hey guys. I am not running Karmic (yet), but am made very curious by your question. May I ask, why do you want to mount media without a filesystem? Is there something else going on here that I am missing?

Yeah well I know its not a big deal ,but it would nice if it did recognise that you had some blank media in your drive.

[buzzmandt]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

First and foremost....dude, I love your name. Telengard. Reminds me of dnd which included the caverns, lamorte, shvenks lair..... I've spent so many hours on that game it's crazy. Even mailed the address to see if i could donate but it came back as unknown recipient...... anyway, i digress....

on the topic at hand,
I see your point on "why mount a non-file system".
I mainly want it to show up in the plasma widget for options on what to do with it. Or, even more nice would be for it to just open k3b when a blank cd is inserted. As with other reply, it would be nice if it did acknowledge a blank cd media was in the drive.

I guess with your question at hand and a bit more thought on the issue, it's really a non-issue. instert blank cd, start k3b, cd is no longer blank.....lol

[dibl]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

Right -- I think it's just a terminology thing:

- blank media "shows" (or not)
- filesystems "mount"

[Telengard]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

Or, even more nice would be for it to just open k3b when a blank cd is inserted. As with other reply, it would be nice if it did acknowledge a blank cd media was in the drive.

Okay, lets see if I understand.

• You insert a blank disc to the optical drive
• Kubuntu gives no indication whatsoever that anything happened
• You start K3b manually and your blank media is writable

You want Kubuntu to offer to start K3b for you automatically, every time you insert a blank disc, right? Kubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron with KDE 3.5 does that. I don't really depend on it, but I can see how some people would like it.

Is it possible that some option is disabled by default on Karmic because the software that does this kind of detection isn't quite done?

[Rog131]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

If the problem is a missing blank CD/DVD notification


The K3b do have notifications (solid actions) for the blanks:
"k3b_create_audio_cd_from_blank_medium"
and
"k3b_create_data_project_from_blank_medium"

Here the "k3b_create_data_project_from_blank_medium" is not working (no notification).
Filing a bug > Bug #437744.

The /usr/share/kde4/apps/solid/actions/k3b_create_data_project_from_blank_medium.desktop has a line:
X-KDE-Solid-Predicate=[StorageVolume.ignored == false AND OpticalDisc.isBlank == true]
If i change that line to the:
X-KDE-Solid-Predicate=[ IS StorageVolume AND OpticalDisc.blank == true ]
Then there is a notification: "Create file project with k3b..."




A safe workaround

Copying k3b_create_data_project_from_blank_medium.desktop from the /usr/share/kde4/apps/solid/actions/ to the ~/.kde/share/apps/solid/actions/.

Changing the name - (maybe: "my_k3b_create_data_project_from_blank_medium.desk top" ?)

Changing the:

X-KDE-Solid-Predicate=[StorageVolume.ignored == false AND OpticalDisc.isBlank == true]

to

X-KDE-Solid-Predicate=[ IS StorageVolume AND OpticalDisc.blank == true ]

Working at here...


(edit)
and earlier > Topic: Device Notifier Problems with KDE 4.xxx

[buzzmandt]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

thank you, will try that shortly

[vinnywright]

Re: blank cd's not mounting

dont know if it's the same on karmic but hear on 9.04 jj with KDE4.3.1

I can go to K>system setings>advanced>device actions

click add

it will ask for action name...

I put-- open k3b

in the comand box I put -- k3b

click apply (or was it ok )

now when I put a blank cd in the device notafyier widget displeys volume and clicking it opens k3b.

VINNY