DVD problem in FC5

[William Murray]

Hello there,
        I have a problem with FC5, must have started within the last
month, but I don't know which  update.

My dvd drive (TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C; device /dev/scd0)  no longer 
automounts CD/DVDs when inserted. Now I can get root and mount manually,
but it is annoying.

Actually I have two options:
  -> No boot-time kernel option
     This gives correct auto-mounting, but no DMA--> DVDs unwatchable
  -> hdc=noprobe
     This gives no auto-mount, but I can watch DVDs

I used to get both at once.
     Any clues anyone?
               Thanks,
                    Bill
[Ps 2.6.28 kernel seems just the same]

[H.S.]

William Murray wrote:
> Hello there,
>         I have a problem with FC5, must have started within the last
> month, but I don't know which  update.
>
> My dvd drive (TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C; device /dev/scd0)  no longer 
> automounts CD/DVDs when inserted. Now I can get root and mount manually,
> but it is annoying.

I had reported this problem a few weeks ago but nobody replied. I also 
posted this in Debian mailing list (I mainly boot into Debian and 
occassionaly into Fedora) and got the reply that this could be due to a 
problem in the version of hal. The problem was solved in Debian with a 
new hal version. What version of hal do you have? In Debian 0.5.7.1-2 
solves this issue.

->HS
> Actually I have two options:
>   -> No boot-time kernel option
>      This gives correct auto-mounting, but no DMA--> DVDs unwatchable
>   -> hdc=noprobe
>      This gives no auto-mount, but I can watch DVDs
>
> I used to get both at once.
>      Any clues anyone?
>                Thanks,
>                     Bill
> [Ps 2.6.28 kernel seems just the same]

[William Murray]

On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:36 +0100, William Murray wrote:
> Hello there,
>         I have a problem with FC5, must have started within the last
> month, but I don't know which  update.
>
> My dvd drive (TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C; device /dev/scd0)  no longer 
> automounts CD/DVDs when inserted. Now I can get root and mount manually,
> but it is annoying.
>
> Actually I have two options:
>   -> No boot-time kernel option
>      This gives correct auto-mounting, but no DMA--> DVDs unwatchable
>   -> hdc=noprobe
>      This gives no auto-mount, but I can watch DVDs
>
> I used to get both at once.
>      Any clues anyone?
>                Thanks,
>                     Bill
> [Ps 2.6.28 kernel seems just the same]

HS reports hal 0.5.7.1-2 solves this in Debian. However, I have
hal-0.5.7.1-2.fc5 and it doesn't help.
    Can anyone suggest debug info I should check?
            Bill

[Andy Campbell]

William Murray wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 13:36 +0100, William Murray wrote:
> > Hello there,
> >         I have a problem with FC5, must have started within the last
> > month, but I don't know which  update.
> >
> > My dvd drive (TSSTcorp CDRW/DVD TSL462C; device /dev/scd0)  no longer 
> > automounts CD/DVDs when inserted. Now I can get root and mount manually,
> > but it is annoying.
> >
> > Actually I have two options:
> >   -> No boot-time kernel option
> >      This gives correct auto-mounting, but no DMA--> DVDs unwatchable
> >   -> hdc=noprobe
> >      This gives no auto-mount, but I can watch DVDs
> >
> > I used to get both at once.
> >      Any clues anyone?
> >                Thanks,
> >                     Bill
> > [Ps 2.6.28 kernel seems just the same]
>
> HS reports hal 0.5.7.1-2 solves this in Debian. However, I have
> hal-0.5.7.1-2.fc5 and it doesn't help.
>     Can anyone suggest debug info I should check?
>             Bill

Take a look at the following bug, the work around worked for me ....

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201400

Andy