pmount fails; mount succeeds

Hi!

(In reply to comment #0)
> > pmount /dev/hdc
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
> or too many mounted file systems
> Error: mount failed

In case /dev/hdc is a CD-ROM, this is a known bug (#2543), which is already
fixed in the Hoary version.

> > mount /dev/hdc /media/hdc
> mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> (Icons appear in Disks folder, etc)

Do you do this as root?

Can you please show me your /etc/fstab?

> A related problem is that CDs, usb keys, etc are never automatically mounted for
> me, but can be mounted manually using "mount".

You mean with "mount" executed as root (or with sudo)?

In Device Manager, inserting a CD does cause the volume to appear.

block.device is /dev/hdc (which is correct)
block.have_scanned is 0
block.is_volume is 1
volume.mount_point is blank
volume.is_mounted is 0

On drive itself:
storage.hotpluggable is 0
storage.media_check_enabled is 1
storage.cdrom.support_media_changed is 1

I don't really know what that means, but thought it might be useful.

(In reply to comment #1)
> Hi!
>
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > > pmount /dev/hdc
> > mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc,
> > or too many mounted file systems
> > Error: mount failed
>
> In case /dev/hdc is a CD-ROM, this is a known bug (#2543), which is already
> fixed in the Hoary version.

Sorry for the duplicate. It is a CD-ROM.

>
> > > mount /dev/hdc /media/hdc
> > mount: block device /dev/hdc is write-protected, mounting read-only
> > (Icons appear in Disks folder, etc)
>
> Do you do this as root?

I executed all commands as root. The results are the same if I'm myself using sudo.

>
> Can you please show me your /etc/fstab?

Sure, I have changed it a lot in light of these problems:
/dev/hda9 / ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda7 /var ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda6 /home/cfalls ext3 noatime 1 2
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /proc/bus/usb usbdevfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /windows vfat rw,noauto,umask=002 0 0
/dev/hda8 swap swap defaults 0 0
#/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto user,rw,noauto 0 0
#/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 user,ro,noauto 0 0
#/dev/hdd /mnt/zip auto user,rw,noauto 0 0
#/dev/sda1 /mnt/usbstick vfat user,noauto,umask=0 0 0

>
> > A related problem is that CDs, usb keys, etc are never automatically mounted for
> > me, but can be mounted manually using "mount".
>
> You mean with "mount" executed as root (or with sudo)?
>

Yes. If I insert a disk, it is not mounted. Executing "mount /dev/hdc
/media/hdc" as root or using sudo works.

USB keys are not automatically mounted for me, either... Is this a separate problem?

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 9257.