On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 20:44 -0400, Filippos Klironomos wrote: > > > > yes i restarted then even tried a reboot > > > > Alright! What does > > ls -l /dev/cdrom > > give you? What is the output of > > cdrecord -scanbus > > >From what I see something is claiming rights on your cdrom and doesn't > let anybody else operate on it. This something can operate only > through the driver that runs the device. So either that driver is > mulfunctioning or something else is fixing itself on the cdrom. > > So a couple of things to do is to shut down X-Windows and on one of > the terminals try to mount the cdrom and see what happens (that way > you'll know for sure that it's not the 'automount' thing I hinted in > previous post. > > Then browse around your /proc/ide/hdc/ directory that has all the info > about the device and post your results. > > I can think of only three things: 'automout' feature, faulty module, > bad SCSI, ATAPI module setup. > Not really sure, but if you have a look at man autorun, you should get some invaluable information about mounting CD/DVD. > Good luck! > Scott
