[nflug] Question about a process accessing my cdrom

Cyber Source peter at thecybersource.com
Wed Oct 19 18:01:53 EDT 2005


What kernel are you using? And your using Debian right?

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
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>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:
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>>That would make perfect sense if you don't have the noauto option.
>>
>>JJ Neff wrote:
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>>>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
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>>and
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>>>update Nvidia kernel mods) Error stopped upon reboot -- one thing I noticed
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>>was
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>>>that the cdrom:open failed was on every console whether I logged in or not! 
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>>>JJN
>>>
>>>--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
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>>>>just an offshoot but do you have the "noauto" option in your fstab?
>>>>
>>>>JJ Neff wrote:
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>>>>>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
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>>using
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>>>>>     
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>>>>it
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>>>>>to burn or mounting it to read data is the culprit) it decided to keep
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>>>>getting
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>>>>>accessed.  The drive works in all ways in my apps, but when I open it or
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>>>>type
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>>>>>"eject cdrom" the tray opens and immediately slides closed.  I have to be
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>>>>quick
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>>>>>popping in those DVD's!
>>>>>
>>>>>In dmesg I have a continuous stream of "cdrom:open failed" messages.  An
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>>>>fuser
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>>>>>/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
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>>be
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>>>>>helpful.  I disabled automount from the Gnome control panel and am using
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>>>>Debian
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>>>>>testing 2.6.X kernel (with udev).
>>>>>
>>>>>I had this before and I believe only restarting was my option then.  I'm
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>>>>hoping
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>>>>>to find a better way?  I'm assuming someone will ask what is in ps -ef but
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>>I
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>>>>am
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>>>>>not at machine at the time, so please let me know what specifically may
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>>>>help.
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>>>>>JJN
>>>>>
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