From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 14:00:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:59:52 -0500 Received: from smtpnotes.altec.com ([209.149.164.10]:50960 "HELO smtpnotes.altec.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:59:36 -0500 X-Lotus-FromDomain: ALTEC From: Wayne.Brown@altec.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <862569CA.006848A7.00@smtpnotes.altec.com> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:59:28 -0600 Subject: Re: 2.4.0-prerelease IDE CD-ROM problem Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org OK, mystery (partially) solved. I have the Gnome CD Player applet running in my panel. (Yeah, I know, if I'm running Gnome, I deserve whatever I get. :-) Anyway, the CD player can be added to the panel in two forms: a launcher that just launches the application window, and an applet that has controls which allow a CD to be played directly from the panel without opening a window. I recently switched from the first to the second variety. It turns out that this applet apparently grabs the device as soon as a CD is inserted (to identify the CD and, if necessary, go out on the Internet to find it in the CDDB database). It doesn't prevent a data CD from being mounted or unmounted, but in the most recent kernels, it _does_ prevent the CD drive tray from being unlocked after it's unmounted The only way to open the drive is to hit the "Eject" control on the applet itself. When I tried this yesterday, it hung and required a reboot every time. However, the new (Jan 4) version of prelease-diff fixed this so that the eject control works. Without this applet running, the CD drive behaves normally. BTW, this isn't just a ThinkPad issue; my homebuilt Pentium MMX tower exhibits the same behavior. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/