Thanks! But.I disabled the floppy in my BIOS and the system no longer tries to mount the non-existent floppy. However,I can see a definite advantage for those who's BIOS do not provide such an option.
________________________________ From: martyfelker <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 2:59 PM Subject: [Bug 1054414] Re: Tries to automount floppy drives The following code fro within the Ubuntu 12.10 VM (or Linux Mint 14 for that matter) is: echo "blacklist floppy" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-floppy.conf sudo rmmod floppy sudo update-initramfs -u This immediately (don't need a reboot)removes the bogus floppy icon from the launcher and also /dev/fd0. You may also sudo rm -fr /media/floppy* if you wish. See discussion http://communities.vmware.com/thread/426323?tstart=0 -- You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054414 Title: Tries to automount floppy drives Status in “udisks2” package in Ubuntu: In Progress Bug description: Quantal system attempts to display non-existent Floppy Drive. See attached screenshot (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1054414/+attachment/3330112/+files/Screenshot%20from%202012-09-21%2018%3A52%3A01.png) 1) The Home folder displays a floppy drive and none exists. Clicking on the image results in a message box" "Error mounting system-managed device /dev/fd0: Command-line `mount "/media/floppy0"' exited with non-zero exit status 32: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device" 2) The Unity Launcher displays a floppy drive. Clicking on image causes nothing to happen. Image canot be closed or unlocked from launcher. BTW - Running on VMWare with Open-VM-Tools ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gvfs-backends 1.13.9-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.22-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Sep 21 18:43:01 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfs-gphoto2-volume-monitor InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120615) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: gvfs UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks2/+bug/1054414/+subscriptions -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054414 Title: Tries to automount floppy drives To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks2/+bug/1054414/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
