<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000066"> G'day there Rashkae, <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I'm wondering if maybe the media change detection is what's broken. Here's something to try (And I admit, at this point, I'm only shooting in the dark) First, create an eject icon for your cd-rom. You can add a "Custom Application Launcher" to your gnome panel, and for the command, simply put eject /dev/cdrom </pre> </blockquote> Done! <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">When you click on this icon, your cd-rom tray to should pop open. (I </pre> </blockquote> It does. <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">have a notebook here that goes all the hell if I press the eject button on the CD-rom while the HAL automount stuff is trying to work. though in my case, the whole notebook becomes unresponsive and I have to reboot. Using the eject program fixed this) </pre> </blockquote> That sounds like a large pain in the rear. <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Next, put in the install dvd. Hopefully it won't work :), If this is the one time in 20 it does work, eject it and try again. </pre> </blockquote> It didn't mount. Just made a whole bunch of "trying to mount the disc" noises. <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Now, from the terminal, issue command: sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom </pre> </blockquote> On this occasion, it mounted OK. <blockquote cite="mid:48B40F49.1010505@tigershaunt.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I'm interested to know what happens or what erros you get if that command does not work. (or if it works every time</pre> </blockquote> I've only run it once so far, successfully. The command "diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt" gives: ken@Epona:~$ diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt 541a542,544 > [ 3066.532981] autofs: called with bogus options > [ 3084.315093] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > [ 3084.420638] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A I was able to mount it 4 times in a row with the command you gave. My movie DVD doesn't mount at all and gave the following: ken@Epona:~$ diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt 541a542,546 > [ 3066.532981] autofs: called with bogus options > [ 3084.315093] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > [ 3084.420638] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > [ 4107.587341] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > [ 4107.665196] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A I've looked up the "bogus options" line on Google and came up with a whole heap of stuff that didn't apply in this instance. Admittedly, I didn't check everything found but haven't got time at the moment to narrow the search. I'll try again tonight. Thanks for helping, Ken McLennan Qld, Australia </body> </html>