On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 23:20 -0500, jim branagan wrote: > I used to be able to write and rip audio CD's, with cdda2wav and > cdrecord, and write data CD's with xcdroast, and to mount data CD's and > open them to copy out contents. I am using a Memorex CD-writer/DVD-rom > drive. > > The other day I mounted and read data from a data DVD. > > Now I can't rip, write or mount CD's anymore. > I get the message '/dev/hdc already mounted or /media/cdrecorder is busy'. > mount and mtab show /dev/hdc is not mounted. > Shutting down the machine and rebooting does not help. > I can still mount and read DVD's though - KDE says the DVD is mounted, > and can transfer files from it, but mount/mtab say /dev/hdc is not > mounted. Attempting to unmount /dev/hdc results in '/dev/hdc not > mounted'. I don't see anything else unexpected mounted. > > KDE continues to show CD-ROM as mounted even without a CD or DVD in the > drive; trying to unmount by context menu fails. I removed 'autorun' > from my start folder, and renamed /usr/bin/autorun long ago, so it isn't > autorun related. > > OK, HELP! What the $#@!* is going on, and how do I get the ability to > mount CD's back again? > > In summary: CD's worked fine until I read data from a DVD, now I can > only read DVD's???? > > Try killing /usr/libexec/gam_server or as suggested in another post reboot. Bob...
