Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* BandiPat [12-11-04 19:45]:

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The cdrom opens itself up about every 30 minutes. I don't remember if those that had trouble had a dvd or cdrom, but it was the same problem. The cd drawer would just pop itself out for no reason, you close it and sometime later it opens again!

A google search indicates that the solution was to kill suseplugger ????

the solution is to modify the file ~/.kde/share/config/susepluggerrc [General] UseCDAutoStart=true UseCDMediaDetect=true to [General] UseCDAutoStart=false UseCDMediaDetect=false There may be a global file, so you don't have to edit each user's file. You can let suseplugger on. -- Rafael

On Sunday 12 December 2004 20:40, Rafael E. Herrera wrote:

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Patrick Shanahan wrote:

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* BandiPat [12-11-04 19:45]:

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The cdrom opens itself up about every 30 minutes. ...

A google search indicates that the solution was to kill suseplugger ????

the solution is to modify the file ~/.kde/share/config/susepluggerrc [General] UseCDAutoStart=true UseCDMediaDetect=true

to

[General] UseCDAutoStart=false UseCDMediaDetect=false -- Rafael ===========

To all that have some interest in this and since I was the original poster, I'll pass along what the user, locally, found to work. Turns out after replacing his cdrom drive with a bit newer model, his problem went away. Understand though, his other drive was manufactured in 2000, so it was not so old either, but it was a mitsumi drive! Mitsumi has for a long time been very Linux negative. This is another example of their bad judgement. I remember having a difficult time with 3 of their cdrw drives when I first began using Linux. Later I determined they were just not compatible with Linux for the most part! Back to the point at hand though, replacing the drive did fix the problem. regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!"