Reading DVDs and CDs

Hi,
I have both a CD drive and a dual layer DVD drive installed in my machine. I use KDE4 as a wm and would like to know is there a guide as to what changes I need to make (and where) so that these drives appear in Dolphin and can be accessed?? Ideally, I'd like them to auto-mount when a disk is inserted. (I've looked for such a guide but can't find one.)
Thanks

First install hal.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL
also, this might be of help:
http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdebase-r … media.html

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