On Sat 26 Sep 2015 at 11:27:46 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Sat 26 Sep 2015 at 09:13:27 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > >>I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem. > >>That Jessie (and IIRC Squeeze) automatically mount the cdrom drive every > >>time the drawer is closed is a nuisance requiring to manually run umount > >>before I can proceed. > >> > >>/etc/fstab has noauto under options. > > > >Probably nothing to do with your problem. From fstab(5) > > > > noauto do not mount when "mount -a" is given (e.g., at boot time) > > > >>Where else should I look. > >>I would prefer to disable on a per session basis. > >>Total disabling is acceptable. > > > >Automounting is usually handled by the file manager of whatever DE you > >are using. > > > > I'm using Debian 8.0 with Mate as DE. There have been no updates installed > as internet is not physically available to that machine.
Updates wouldn't matter because they would not (or should not) alter such a fundamental process. > I went to > Applications->System Tools->Caja then to > Edit->Preferences which displayed "File Management Preferences" > chose Media > selected "Never prompt or start program on media insertion" > deselected "Browse media when inserted" Very useful. I think the deselection just stops the CD's contents being displayed when the CD tray is closed and doesn't affect automounting. > It still mounts everything :< I see what you mean. Try gsettings set org.mate.media-handling automount false
