Auto mount for dvd dosent work (cd does work)

hey,
suddenly the dvd hasn't auto mount by HAl but the cd works fine.
my fstab is
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
#/dev/sda1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda3 /home ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /media/data ext3 defaults 0 1
and the groups are
hal audio optical storage power vboxusers av
any idea?
Tanks.

I think my disc-entry in fstab is this (OTOH):
/dev/sr0 /mnt/disc auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
I have seen entries where auto is replaced with 'iso9660,udf'.
Zl.

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