[nflug] Question about a process accessing my cdrom

Josh Johnson joshj at linuxmail.org
Wed Oct 19 18:15:09 EDT 2005


Will you cdrom still do that at the bootloader? If it does, then I'd think 
its a bad cdrom drive.

-JoshJ
http://lotuseaters.no-ip.com

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, JJ Neff wrote:

>
> /dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto,users,exec  0       0
> #/dev/hdc       /media/cdrom0   auto
> umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,users,noauto,ro,exec      0
> 0
> /dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1   iso9660 ro,user,noauto,users,exec  0       0
> #/dev/hdd       /media/cdrom1   auto
> umask=0,user,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,users,noauto,ro,exec      0
> 0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,users,noauto,exec  0       0
>
>
>
> The commented lines are those that were in during setup - the non-comment are
> those I put in myself.  Yes I have no-auto in there.  Please let me know if
> anything looks crazy...
>
> JJN
> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>
>> That would make perfect sense if you don't have the noauto option.
>>
>> JJ Neff wrote:
>>
>>> I will have to check that out tonight when I am back at PC, I did have to
>>> reboot for an unrelated event this AM.  (Needed to boot into newest kernel
>> and
>>> update Nvidia kernel mods) Error stopped upon reboot -- one thing I noticed
>> was
>>> that the cdrom:open failed was on every console whether I logged in or not!
>>
>>>
>>> JJN
>>>
>>> --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> just an offshoot but do you have the "noauto" option in your fstab?
>>>>
>>>> JJ Neff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I know I asked this before but I can't seem to find any of my previosu
>>>>> postings.
>>>>>
>>>>> My dvdburner is /dev/hdc and it seems that when I use it (not sure if
>> using
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> it
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> to burn or mounting it to read data is the culprit) it decided to keep
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> getting
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> accessed.  The drive works in all ways in my apps, but when I open it or
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> type
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> "eject cdrom" the tray opens and immediately slides closed.  I have to be
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> quick
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> popping in those DVD's!
>>>>>
>>>>> In dmesg I have a continuous stream of "cdrom:open failed" messages.  An
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> fuser
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> /dev/hdc, fuser /media/cdrom, fuser /dev/cdrom etc shows nothing.
>>>>>
>>>>> Some ideas on how to find what is trying to open or close the cdrom would
>> be
>>>>> helpful.  I disabled automount from the Gnome control panel and am using
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Debian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> testing 2.6.X kernel (with udev).
>>>>>
>>>>> I had this before and I believe only restarting was my option then.  I'm
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> hoping
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> to find a better way?  I'm assuming someone will ask what is in ps -ef but
>> I
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> am
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> not at machine at the time, so please let me know what specifically may
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> JJN
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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