[mythtv-users] MythTV User Status ??

[jim]

On 01/12/2015 01:53 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi jim,
>
> Monday, January 12, 2015, 7:30:33 PM, you wrote:
>
>
>> On 01/12/2015 01:04 PM, Jim wrote:
>>> On 1/12/2015 11:49 AM, jim wrote:
>>>> I can't seem to find a mount point when MythTV is
>>>> running. It's not under /media/user as it is on my other linux mint
>>>> system (without MythTV).
>>> Once mounted you should be able to use the "mount" command to see all
>>> mounts.
>>>
>> Check this on your system and see if you get the same result. It's
>> confusing to me.
>> When the MythTV FE is NOT running and a DVD is inserted, the result of
>> running the command "mount", and the info in /etc/mtab, show a new
>> mount, e.g /dev/sr0 /media/username/DVD-title, etc.
>> When the MythTV FE  is running and a DVD is inserted there is no change
>> to the results from the "mount" command, or, of course, the info in
>> /etc/mtab. (or it's a quick and transient change)
>> The DVD is playable via MythTV, and ejects just fine, I just can't find
>> the mount point. For a few seconds, as the DVD spins up, I see on the
>> desktop a standard DVD icon with DVD title below, but it disappears
>> quickly when the FE is running, and stays if the FE isn't running. This
>> may be by design and for a good reason, just confusing to a newbie.
>> _______________________________________________
> I don't know how the frontend handles things, but if the mountpoint is
> 'owned' by another user you might not see it.
> The two reactions you see is first the default behaviour of your
> windowmanager/desktop and than mythfrontend stepping in to do it it's
> own different way.
>
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
I hadn't tried the "mount" command as user mythtv, so now I did. The
result of "mount" was identical for either user and neither showed a
mount point for the DVD. How does a DVD play if the system doesn't know
it's mounted?