newbie--help with mounting cdrom in kde

[EZEZ]

I just installed redhat 7.1 and noticed that i could not mount my dvd rom in kde. When i put in a cd and check the /mnt/cdrom, there was not any file in it. Isn't the cdrom automount when kde starts or when cd inserted into it????

[DMR]

Could you post the contents of your /etc/fstab file?

[Silent Bob]

Sometimes the CD doesn't automount in the version of KDE that comes with RH7.1, other times the icon doesn't change to show that the disk is mounted.

First of all see if you can mount the cd using the mount command from a terminal, mount /mnt/cdrom

If that doesn't work then your /etc/fstab is probably incorrect, post it here like DMR suggested.

If that does work then it is possible that the KDE automounter is trying to mount the wrong kind of filesystem for the CD.
If you are sure it is an iso9660 CD then right-click on the CD icon and make sure the type is entered as iso9660. If you are trying to mount a CD burned from a Macintosh you will probably need to change the type to hfs

HTH