Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

[Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Joerg Schilling
<Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >> Would a HAL preprobe FDI like this prevent it from interfering with burning?
>> >
>> > Could you explain what this means?
>>
>> I was just thinking if HAL is instructed to ignore the device maybe it
>> won't bother it any more (if that's even the cause of Dale's problem).
>> Not a fix but a workaround. Maybe not even a workaround. :)
>
> I have been told that this could work but I have no idea on how to do this.

Create a file in /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/ containing these contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
 <device>
   <match key="storage.drive_type" string="cdrom">
     <merge key="info.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
   </match>
 </device>
</deviceinfo>

Then reboot (or maybe restart HAL is enough). It should hopefully make
HAL completely ignore the cdrom device. (maybe edit to match your
specific device)