Not sure in which subforum this should go.
I am running KDE-4.6.2 without hal.
When I connect my camera to USB all works as it should.
So solid is working.

When I pop an audio cd in the /dev/sr1 drive I get just one choice:Play with amarok.I don't want that I want kscd to play it automatically.
I tried System Settings device actions to change that,alas the help docs are for KDE-4.4!!!!
When I insert a data cd like systemrescuecd I get this message:

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could not mount the following device

I am in the cd and plugdev group.
How can I make it work the way I want.
Thanks in advance,
Gerard.

Edit: Forgot to mention that with the audio cd in the drive I can start kscd press play and it will play the cd.

Edit2:I replaced amarok with clementine because I got sick of amarok.
Now when I insert an audiocd nothing happens but kscd still can play it.

Do you have UDisks installed? Is UDisks permitted to mount media on your system, and are you permitted to instruct UDisks to perform certain operations?

It seems that the rules used by KsCD to look for Audio CD's may have broken...

bcooksley wrote:Do you have UDisks installed? Is UDisks permitted to mount media on your system, and are you permitted to instruct UDisks to perform certain operations?

It seems that the rules used by KsCD to look for Audio CD's may have broken...

You didn't read/understand what I wrote!
Yes I have udisks-1.0.2 installed and for good measure udisks-glue.
While amarok was still installed it worked by offering to play the disk
with amarok (only!).
But since I got rid of amarok I can't get any action when I pop in a cd.
The whole setup of "System Settings > Hardware > Device Actions" is very hard to understand.
It doesn't make sense to me.
The Help tells you that you have to formulate everything exactly.
But what is the syntax??
I switched to kde4 from kde3.5 but it's been a lot of frustration from the start.
I have been using Linux for a long time. use Gentoo since december 2003.
I've always used kde because I didn't like Gnome but I am now considering
installing Gnome and see if things will work better.
BTW I only use Linux.
Gerard.

try this in device notifier settings

@google01103
Did what you suggested but I still get "no devices available".
Anyway thanks for answering.
Gerard.

~ $ udisks --show-info /dev/sr1
Showing information for /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sr1
native-path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr1
device: 11:1
device-file: /dev/sr1
presentation: /dev/sr1
by-path: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:11.0-scsi-2:0:0:0
detected at: Sun 17 Apr 2011 04:19:49 PM CEST
system internal: 0
removable: 1
has media: 1 (detected at Sun 17 Apr 2011 04:41:12 PM CEST)
detects change: 1
detection by polling: 1
detection inhibitable: 1
detection inhibited: 0
is read only: 0
is mounted: 0
mount paths:
mounted by uid: 0
presentation hide: 0
presentation nopolicy: 0
presentation name:
presentation icon:
size: 359006208
block size: 2048
job underway: no
usage:
type:
version:
uuid:
label:
optical disc:
blank: 0
appendable: 0
closed: 0
num tracks: 12
num audio tracks: 12
num sessions: 1
drive:
vendor: TSSTcorp
model: DVD-ROM SH-D163B
revision: SB04
serial:
WWN:
detachable: 0
can spindown: 0
rotational media: Yes, unknown rate
write-cache: unknown
ejectable: 1
adapter: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a11_2e0
ports:
/org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a11_2e0/host2
similar devices:
media: optical_cd
compat: optical_cd optical_dvd
interface: scsi
if speed: (unknown)
ATA SMART: not available
ikke@gerard ~ $

This shows that udisks is working.
Gerard.

~ $ udisks --show-info /dev/sr1
Showing information for /org/freedesktop/UDisks/devices/sr1
native-path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr1
device: 11:1
device-file: /dev/sr1
presentation: /dev/sr1
by-path: /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:11.0-scsi-2:0:0:0
detected at: Sun 17 Apr 2011 04:19:49 PM CEST
system internal: 0
removable: 1
has media: 1 (detected at Sun 17 Apr 2011 05:02:04 PM CEST)
detects change: 1
detection by polling: 1
detection inhibitable: 1
detection inhibited: 0
is read only: 0
is mounted: 1
mount paths: /media/sysrcd-2.0.0
mounted by uid: 1001
presentation hide: 0
presentation nopolicy: 0
presentation name:
presentation icon:
size: 293562368
block size: 2048
job underway: no
usage: filesystem
type: iso9660
version:
uuid:
label: sysrcd-2.0.0
optical disc:
blank: 0
appendable: 0
closed: 0
num tracks: 1
num audio tracks: 0
num sessions: 1
drive:
vendor: TSSTcorp
model: DVD-ROM SH-D163B
revision: SB04
serial:
WWN:
detachable: 0
can spindown: 0
rotational media: Yes, unknown rate
write-cache: unknown
ejectable: 1
adapter: /org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a11_2e0
ports:
/org/freedesktop/UDisks/adapters/0000_3a00_3a11_2e0/host2
similar devices:
media: optical_cd
compat: optical_cd optical_dvd
interface: scsi
if speed: (unknown)
ATA SMART: not available

This one is with sysrescuecd in the drive.
I can open it with k3b or File Manager.
Gerard.

Due to a bug in the Device Notifier applet, you may need to restart Plasma for it to detect new actions. It also has bugs in it's reading of the edits performed by the Device Actions KCM, so make sure to create a new action instead.

bcooksley wrote:Due to a bug in the Device Notifier applet, you may need to restart Plasma for it to detect new actions. It also has bugs in it's reading of the edits performed by the Device Actions KCM, so make sure to create a new action instead.

Of course all software contains bugs but I am getting tired of kde4 never ending bugs story.
I browsed the kde.org help info on the internet:
I found "kconfigeditor"!
Too bad it's for kde3.2.
Now isn't that ridiculous?
Kde3 is not supported anymore since about 2 years.
I have a separate partition on which I am installing Gnome.
I do that with pain in my heart.
I might return to kde when it's really stable and the docs and helpfiles can be understood by ordinary humans.
Gerard.

Well I got it working!
I found where the configs made with systemsettings>hardware>device actions
are located.I moved everything to a separate folder in /root.
I re-installed amarok and copied the resulting config in /usr/share/apps/solid/actions changing it to kscd and do a little adapting.

How nice to have something like systemsettings forcing you to bypass it and write a config by hand.
Gerard.

Edit: I uninstalled amarok and it's still working the way I want it.