Re: DVD Drive Clicking

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 <kassube@xxxxxxx> 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

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