Cannot connect host's CD-ROM or DVD drive to virtual machine

[Petri Lehtinen]

Binary package hint: virt-manager

When creating a new virtual machine, the DVD drive cannot be used as the installation media. If I select the "Use CD-ROM or DVD" radio button, the dropdown always has one greyed option "No media present (/dev/sr0)", regardless of whether I really have a disc in the drive or not.

The same applies when I try to connect the DVD drive to an existing virtual machine via Details -> IDE CDROM 1 -> Connect.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: virt-manager 0.8.2-2ubuntu8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-30.59-generic-pae 2.6.32.29+drm33.13
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-30-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 1 13:20:26 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
SourcePackage: virt-manager

[Petri Lehtinen (petri)]

Ah, automounting was disabled in Nautilus preferences (gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus -> preferences -> media_automount). After enabling, everything works again.