XFCE + CDROMs

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Since installing XFCE exclusively, my computer struggles to read CDs. I 
can mount them ok, but:

1) when I open any folder (with Thunar) it will take me to the directory 
that the folder itself was in. So the url would read for example:

/home/me/floberfolder/floberfolder/floberfolder/floberfolder....

no matter which folder I open, i just end up back at floberfolder (which 
is a made-up folder name).

2) the cd drive sounds really unhealthy. REALLY unhealthy. With the same 
disc, the drive works well in Gnome under a seperate instalation. The 
same goes for the bootloader (grub) and windows. What is xfce missing 
that these other environment have that can fix this?

Thanks