Go to System--->Preferences--->Removable Drives and Media
Once it Opens You should see the following screen
Now you need to click on Multimedia tab you can just uncheck the box for the disc type you don't want to autoplay
Once you unselect all the options you should see similar to the following screen now you need to click on close
If you are using Feisty by default this is unchecked.
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It doesn’t work like this any more in Hardy Heron, instead the settings can be found in Nautilus (the file browser) under Edit->Preferences->Media . See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=713724 for more details.
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Greg Reply:
May 11th, 2012 at 6:52 pm
It doesn’t work like that any more either, in 12.04 (precise). It’s under the gear menu, in System Settings. It’s the Gear icon titled “Details”, in the “System” section of “System Settings”. I’m so glad they made it as clear as possible
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Thanks Costas. Still works like that in Intrepid but might change for Jaunty.
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Thanks for posting this. Unfortunately, Ubuntu, (like many other OS’s) has retooled their menu options since this article. I have 10.10, and I can’t turn off autoplay! It saddens me.
Any idea how to do it in the new menu system?
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Scott pinned it, tyrant Google follower Ubuntu. Admitted bright spot it was, ego spasm took over milking cow, begin shoving garbage into user space. Won’t be too long another revolution take its shape. Remember Ubuntu, there are alternatives.
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