Found the answer to this conundrum with a little help from the Ubuntu forum but this answer works in Fedora with Gnome, too. Here's my remix of their answer:

To enable or disable automount open a terminal and type dconf-editor followed by the [Enter] key.

Browse to org.gnome.desktop.media-handling. A quick way to do this is to press Ctrl+F (for Find) and then type automount.

The automount key controls whether to automatically mount media. If set to true, then Nautilus will automatically mount media such as user-visible hard disks and removable media on start-up and media insertion. You probably want this on.

There is another key org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.automount-never. By checking this, you will disable Shotwell, and everything else, from running when devices are automounted. So check this to turn Shotwell off.

by deckardt (989092) writes on Slashdot:

Here is my recipe for [serial terminals on] Ubuntu, using USB serial adapters:

1. hook up the stuff and config the terminals correctly (I used 9600 8n1 due to long cables, got weird chars at 19200+)

2. put the following in /etc/init/ttyUSB0.conf

   # ttyUSB0 - getty
   #
   #  This service maintains a getty on tty1 from the point the system is
   #  started until it is shut down again.#start on stopped rc  RUNLEVEL=[2345]
   #stop on runlevel [!2345]
   respawn
   
   
   exec  /sbin/getty -8 9600 ttyUSB0 vt100  
   

   ---(repeat for as many terminals you have, incrementing the 0 of ttyUSB0 to 1 to 2 etc)--- 3. reboot or

   # sudo service ttyUSB0 start
   

   (repeat for as many terminals you have, incrementing 0 to 1 to 2 etc) ...

Here is my setup with a WYSE vt420 compatible and two vt320's http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickdeckardt/4748415699/ [flickr.com]

Alternately, just add to /etc/inittab --

s1:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty  -L -w 9600 ttyS0 vt100

then

telinit q

For setup of the Zonet ZPS2102:

The default IP is 192.168.0.10 ... in the Add Printer dialogs, choose Network Printer, then enter the IP address, the queue (default is: LP1) and choose the model.

The Device URI, when you are done, looks like:

lpd://192.168.0.10/LP1