[Bug 261289] Re: Preferences option to prevent auto mounting of removable hard disks has been removed

2009-12-13 Thread Chris Coulson
Thank you for your bug report. To maintain a respectful atmosphere, please follow the code of conduct - http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct/ . Bug reports are handled by humans, the majority of whom are volunteers, so please bear this in mind. -- Preferences option to prevent auto mounting o

[Bug 261289] Re: Preferences option to prevent auto mounting of removable hard disks has been removed

2009-12-13 Thread tz
If this is intended, then the people intending it are stupid. There are many other cases where you don't want every volume of every drive mounted (sometimes crippled like HFS or NTFS) when you insert or attach a device. If it is a lower priority issue, then it should still be a checkbox in an adv

[Bug 261289] Re: Preferences option to prevent auto mounting of removable hard disks has been removed

2009-12-13 Thread Milan Bouchet-Valat
Thanks for your report. I think the problem you describe is an intended feature: developers upstream have considered this option was not useful for enough users, and it makes our control center more complex for everyone. Though, you can start 'gconf-editor' and tune the key /apps/nautilus/preferen