[PLUG] Removing a storage media icon from the desktop

[Richard C. Steffens]

Bruce KIlpatrick wrote:
> Yesterday, I was working in VirtualBox and installed a program from CD 
> rom.  I removed the CD and went on about my business.  Later I noticed 
> the icon hanging around the regular Gnome desktop.
>
> My solution at the command line:
>
> robin at moose:~$ mount
> /dev/cdrom0 on /media/cdrom0
> sudo umount /media/cdrom0
>
> The offending icon left.
> This happened on the wife's laptop running Ubuntu 8.10.
>
> Hope this helps,
>   

I shall keep this solution in case I need it in the future. Thanks!

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Regards,

Dick Steffens
www.dicksteffens.com