From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NzBhb-0005EW-TV for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:32:36 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96A05E0B55; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7664FE0B55 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so11608gwj.40 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:32:08 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:received:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=t1JvkMSCFKRBgreVaUBvkENCwfdNE2bx2yeVvFbcdcM=; b=BRLfhbuUmebX9jC6yBRvJH9YJBY20ZBE4rjGs4fqG67IQXmb/ry3yjsluJdFp3HeIz lqi1FdelpQUWnPfila1p7fryxWolrcjn28Xe2xfVts0knNbjK7VKXw2EfYoQQUbS/8e+ WbyB9C1Hsk4wNdDi6H603cw6J7bt/eJ0nPO3k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=F4yWh4uo8V/OYvpFaZUxFhHbP3h/QefhyHkUzQ7V0r3/j6nZ88v7KEdFoYQYF2eLJS R9T+OKGdDaV6/gbqxLo/TBBLrSHoybR1eRXzNYpVqtGajmPBSaTW45frs1wir6LAXeMf iNgb8lmN8VM6dkUBWk5lWNcQoSEWUfJs61AEM= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.150.191.16 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 09:32:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4bbb5952.zmfgfYeulkp9GfKf%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> References: <4BB15186.9030602@gmail.com> <4BB22006.5010400@gmail.com> <20100330172245.4d59628e@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> <4BB22E21.307@gmail.com> <4BB23A58.6000901@gmail.com> <4bb4b57c.7KbzS/5UoMAMZDba%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <4bbb2804.8I3V+UdvZB+EvaU8%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> <4bbb5952.zmfgfYeulkp9GfKf%Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:32:07 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 80bff894d12f26a5 Received: by 10.150.56.14 with SMTP id e14mr8656094yba.339.1270571528048; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:32:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn. From: Paul Hartman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: 62809da5-5b76-4c07-bc98-3fcf904f9723 X-Archives-Hash: 7df3219855f618aae3b45a61df1cc33e On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Paul Hartman 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: true 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)