Re: sr1: CDROM not ready ???
> On Tue, 2004-01-27 at 15:06, Michael D Schleif wrote:
>> OK, it can be nice to have devices _know_ when they are ready to be
>> used ;>
>>
>> However, enough is enough:
>>
>> Jan 27 10:02:09 bragi kernel: sr1: CDROM not ready. Make sure
>> there is
> a disc in the drive.
>> Jan 27 10:02:40 bragi last message repeated 31 times
>> Jan 27 10:03:41 bragi last message repeated 61 times
>> Jan 27 10:04:42 bragi last message repeated 61 times
>>
>> I know what /dev/sr1 is, and I often play audio CD's in that drive.
>> Sometimes, that drive is empty, and that is the way it should be.
>>
>> How can I figure out what process is pummeling syslog with this
>> useless information?
>>
>> What do you think?
>
> Install the lsof package if you don't have it.
>
> Try: lsof /dev/sr1
>
> Tt should give you a clue as to what is opening the device, you may
> have to run it as lsof -r /dev/sr1 over a minute or more if the process
> only opens /dev/sr1 every now and then. It looks to be something
> checking once a minute (61 log messages over 61 minutes) Are you
> running
> something like nautilus?
I resolved an identical problem recently. Check out this post from the
archives.http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/debian-user-200401/msg05812.html
I hope this helps
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