Re: Problem with DVD drive mounting

["thomas.ferry" <thomas.ferry@gmail.com>]

Dirk wrote:
> thomas.ferry wrote:
> > Ive been having problems with my DVD/RW mount each time I insert a 
> > disc it causes a hard lock of the drive and i gotta reboot the 
> > system. Im using Debian sid with the 2.6.30-bigmem kernel.
>
> If HAL does mount it you could try to rename /etc/init.d/hald to 
> /etc/init.d/hald_ and reboot since /etc/init.d/hald stop wont 
> suffice...  after you booted X11 might not work anymore because of the 
> missing HAL so you might have to use the cmdline to mount the DVD 
> manually...
>
> Let us know if that worked or not...
>
> Afterwards you rename /etc/init.d/hald_ back to /etc/init.d/hald and 
> reboot again...
>
> Maybe someone has a better idea how to disable hal... but this is how 
> i would do it...
>
>
> Dirk
It looks like hal doesnt mount my dvd drive. I tried to rename the file 
you mentioned and it doesnt exist. I know the drive is good cause I dont 
use it that often heh.