Preferences

Disk setup

Mount method

Use automount (or supermount)

Check this if your system uses automount or supermount. This means GTKtalog won't try to call the mount and umount programs when scanning a CD.

To see if your system uses automount, refer to your linux distribution documentation. If unsure, do not check this option. .

If checked, the options 'Number of mount retries', 'Mount program' and 'Umount program' are greyed out.

Number of mount retries

The mount program will be called x times before concluding that it cannot mount a CD. Choose a number between one and five.

Mount program

Path to the mount program to use (usually "/bin/mount")

Umount program

Path to the umount program to use (usually "/bin/umount")

Cdrom options

Mount point

Path to your CD mount point. Usually "/cdrom" (Debian GNU/Linux) or "/mnt/cdrom" (Mandrake GNU/Linux) but may also be somewhere else.

Before reading a CD, any program must mount it if the automount (or supermount) programs are not used. For more informations on the mount process, see the mount man page (issue a man mount command)

To know your CD mount point, check /cdrom, /mnt/cdrom, the /etc/fstab file ... or see your linux distribution documentation.

Also, make sure your CD drive is correctly installed. You might want to read the CDROM-HOWTO

Eject Program

Path to a program that can eject the CD. Usually "/usr/bin/eject"

This program is called when a CD scan is finished only if the option 'Eject the CD after a fast scan' is checked. See the Section called General Options