SUSE CD tray problems

patrickf3 · 09-05-2004, 11:20 PM

I installed suse 9.1 personal, and everything seemed to be fine, then I ran YAST and updated everything. Now on random ocassions the cd tray of my HP CD writer opens...it doesnt close or anything. And it is seriously randomly.

I dont know if this is some sort of virus, which it can't be becuase I installed the OS yesterday.

Anyone have the sligtest of an Idea?

I have a Nforce2 mobo, amd2500+ ... geforce4 MX....and the cdrw is an HP (very old...like 4x)...

foo_bar_foo · 09-06-2004, 12:23 AM

besides the clear possibility of Gosts and Demons

Suse 9.1 was the first distribution i know of to include "submount" as part of the standard install

this from the project home page

Warning:
Submount is still under development. It has had moderate testing so far. If it crashes your system, destroys your data, or causes your computer to go mad and try to murder you, the author is not responsible.

see if you can stop submountd from starting and possibly sprinkle some salt around the tower

patrickf3 · 09-06-2004, 01:54 AM

so how exactly do you suppose one would go about fixing this problem? ... how do i stop submountd?

patrickf3 · 09-06-2004, 02:01 AM

ok i deleted submount...but it also asked me to get rid of 47 other packages...some including cd writers and even openssh...hopefully i have no problems with stability now?..

patrickf3 · 09-06-2004, 02:06 AM

and basically i hate to talk to myself here...but i killed the install, i cant even login root anymore

gd2shoe · 09-10-2004, 05:44 PM

It may be worth reinstalling at this point, but what error does it give if you try to login to root? If you can get YaST running you may be able to fix this new problem.

By the way, an easier way to have tested the suggestion would have been to su to root and then try 'killall submountd'. This will end most programs, though some will restart automatically (try 'ps -A | less' to see if it's running).

foo_bar_foo · 09-10-2004, 10:25 PM

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Originally posted by patrickf3
and basically i hate to talk to myself here...but i killed the install, i cant even login root anymore

sorry i didn't see where you asked how to stop it
i should have been more specific
i never know what level people are

you basically have to learn to take control of linux and adjust how the distro works or you are stuck using something unknown like M$ Windows only even weirder