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#1 2010-12-28 17:40:26

hmohammed43
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HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Wow, my system has loads of problems

I've checked the wiki, and tried to fix it, but I've failed....badly.

Does anybody know how to fix this?

NB: There's no mention of a cdrom, or /dev/sr0 or anything in my Fstab, and HAL does see the CD when i take my laptop off of power when it's been on, and vice versa

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#2 2010-12-28 17:51:33

Mr Green
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

We could do with some more information, Window manager you are using? Is Hal/Dbus running, what cd are you trying to mount audio or data?

do you have /dev/sro in /dev?

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#3 2010-12-28 17:55:38

hmohammed43
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Sorry, forgot that.

KDE4 with Kwin, and Dbus and HAl work perfectly. It's a data CD with a program on it, but it also doesn't work with any other type of CD/DVD. /dev/sr0 is present in /dev

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#4 2010-12-28 17:59:07

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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Assume your user is a member of storage and optical group?


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#5 2010-12-28 18:03:44

hmohammed43
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Yep, nearly every group on the system

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#6 2010-12-28 18:11:43

Mr Green
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

try using pmount in a terminal


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#7 2010-12-28 18:13:49

karol
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

What does dmesg show when you insert / mount the CD?
Maybe it's a DVD and you have a CD-only drive?

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#8 2010-12-28 18:25:24

hmohammed43
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

karol wrote:

What does dmesg show when you insert / mount the CD?
Maybe it's a DVD and you have a CD-only drive?

Laptop with a DVD Lightscribe drive.

Pmount works though, It'd be good to use it until I manage to get HAL to see that the CD's there when i put it in to the drive, and show up on the KDE device manager

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#9 2010-12-28 18:27:47

Mr Green
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Still think you should read up wiki for guides on mounting hal etc... and of course search forum


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#10 2010-12-28 18:44:26

benko
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

try find /etc/hal/fdi/information/media-check-disable-storage_model_$YOUR_DEVICE.fdi file,
open it and change
<merge key="storage.media_check_enabled" type="bool">false</merge>
to
<merge key="storage.media_check_enabled" type="bool">true</merge>

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#11 2010-12-28 18:44:57

hmohammed43
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Trust me, i have. The most annoying thing is that when i insert the CD, it nicely spins up and everything, then spins back down and nothing happens

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#12 2010-12-28 18:52:17

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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!


Forum Rules

There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !

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#13 2010-12-28 19:53:52

hmohammed43
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Re: HAL doesn't like my CDs!

Managed to get it fix with a combo of suggestions! I used pmount to mount my CD, and that made the *.fdi file that ends up getting found in /etc/hal/information (as Mr Green suggested). Then, i just changed false to true in the file (as benko suggested), restarted, and boom!

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