The GNOME Volume Manager
(gnome-volume-manager) monitors volume-related
events and responds with a user-specified policy. You can use the
GNOME Volume Manager to automatically mount hot-plugged drives and
inserted removable media, automatically run programs, automatically
play audio CDs and video DVDs, and automatically import photos from a
digital camera.
GNOME Volume Manager is started automatically. To disable GNOME Volume Manager, add
X-Autostart-enabled=false to the
/opt/gnome/share/gnome/autostart/gnome-volume-manager.desktop file.
You can use the GConf Editor to configure GNOME Volume Manager settings. Open the GConf
Editor by pressing Alt+F2 to open the Run Application dialog box, type
gconf-editor, then click . GNOME Volume Manager is
located under /desktop/gnome/volume_manager.