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List:       kde-user
Subject:    Re: CD-rom drawer won't open while KDE is running
From:       Ken Corbin <kenc () proaxis ! com>
Date:       1999-12-29 5:12:00
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999, Andreas Pour wrote:

> > Thought this was a hardware problem for a while, but it turns out that KDE is
> > the culprit.  I have an nameless clone IDE CD-Rom drive.  In KDE it mounts and
> > unmounts just fine, but the drawer just won't open.  Basically it acts as
> > though someone or something has it mounted, but everything claims that it
> > isn't, and there aren't any entries in /etc/mtab indicating for it.
> >
> > Boot to DOS or Windows and it works fine.  Just logging ot of KDE back to the
> > logon screen and it works fine.  But as soon as I run KDE it locks up tight and
> > just will not open.  Anyone have any ideas what to try next.
> 
> Do you have kscd or similar CD music player running?  Sometimes kscd is 'lost' in
> the panel tray . . ..

Bingo!   Had not one but two kscd sessions docked in the panel, way off on the
right where they scrolled off the end.  Works perfectly now.  And I turned off
that silly option to dock to the panel when it minimizes.

Many thanks.
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