DVD Drive Clicking

[Nils Kassube]

ANDY wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:13 AM, ANDY <sirald66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > My internal DVD drive clicks (checks for a disc) from time to time
> > usually between 1 and 3 times at seemingly random intervals.
> 
> Still need ideas.

Try the command

sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd

in a terminal. If you use it, you will lose the convenience of automatic 
disc detection. And with the command 

sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd --enable-polling

you can enable polling again.


Nils