...sorry about the bad mail formatting, I do copy/paste from the mail archive for the moment. > how does one do that...command line > bash>hal-disable-polling or > bash>hal -disable-polling man hal-disable-polling I did hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvdrw (writing from memory) the symptoms were: PX716 hanging at the very beginning of the track - I am using it over FireWire or USB, both interfaces failed the same way. Konrad -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines