<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Ric Moore <<a href="mailto:wayward4now@gmail.com">wayward4now@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> On Sat, 2011-08-13 at 07:13 +0200, Nils Kassube wrote: > ANDY wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote: > > > Try the command > > > > > > sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd > > > > andy@TOBY:~$ sudo hal-disable-polling --device /dev/dvd > > [sudo] password for andy: > > Following symlink from /dev/dvd to /dev/sr0. > > Polling for drive /dev/dvd have been disabled. The fdi file written > > was > > > > /etc/hal/fdi/information/media-check-disable-storage_model_CDRW_DVD_S > > N_324F.fdi andy@TOBY:~$ > > > > Is that a permanent or per session command? > > Like the message said, it has written the *.fdi file which is a > permanent configuration file. Mine started clicking so I smacked it and it stopped. Works fine now. :) Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> In Navy Avionics[in the '60s when transistors were called "magic rocks"] one of our most important troubleshooting tool was a small machinists hammer. There got to be too many complaints about case damage so they took our hammers away - we started using the heels of our oil resistant/non-marking/non-sparking boots instead. Heavier than the hammer and much more satisfying to employ. 8^) -- When Government fears the people there is Liberty. When People fear the Government there is Tyranny.