[Tuxaloosa] OT: annoying cd/dvd drive

[Robby Workman]

On Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:13:38 -0600
E Hanson <leprkhn at gmail.com> wrote:

> i have a dell box whose cd/dvd drive opens randomly. it's very
> annoying. has anyone ever had this happen? is there a way to make it
> stop? to note: it doesn't happen when the drive is in use (and so
> does not inhibit proper function). also, it happens sometimes before
> an OS is loaded up (ie while looking at the bios or sitting on a
> boot menu), so i don't think that it is linux's fault.
> in short, i would like it to stop opening itself.
> thoughts?


I recall a thread on LKML about that, but I don't remember details.
Might be worth a googling :)

-RW
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