mounted devices on desktop

[moraccomoo]

hi after mounting my windows partitions, the mounted partitions are displayed on the desktop, which i don't prefer.

how to remove these icons? i couldnt find any option in gnome control center.


also, though i mounted all the partitions in RW mode, i couldn't write any of these partitions when i;m logged in as a normal user. i am getting "pemission denied" message.

but i could write it when i log in as root. i've added my account in "root" group also. but no use

is there any way to over come this?

[devils casper]

how to remove these icons? i couldnt find any option in gnome control center.

Press Alt+F2 and type 'gconf-editor'.
Navigate on the left to Apps --> Nautilus --> Desktop. you will find an option called "volumes_visible". Switch that off.

also, though i mounted all the partitions in RW mode, i couldn't write any of these partitions when i;m logged in as a normal user. i am getting "pemission denied" message.

Post the contents of /etc/fstab file.

[moraccomoo]

Hi devils_casper,
Thanks for the help. all my volume icons in desktop r gone now.

here's my /etc/fstab contents:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda13 /home ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda12 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda9 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda10 /var ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda11 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/winC vfat auto 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/winD vfat auto 0 0
/dev/hda6 /mnt/winE vfat auto 0 0
/dev/hda7 /mnt/winF vfat auto 0 0
/dev/hda8 /mnt/winG vfat auto 0 0

thanks.

[devils casper]

/dev/hda1 /mnt/winC vfat auto 0 0

Replace auto with defaults,umask=0 in each line ( hda1, 5, 6, 7, 8 ).

/dev/hda1    /mnt/winC    vfat defaults,umask=0  0  0

Save file and execute mount -a command.