During some CD operations Fedora freezes for some seconds

[James Wilkinson]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> having a weird effect (in F16, [F17 too]): during some CD operations,
> ejecting  for example, or clicking on the CD symbol by nautilus if a new
> CD is inserted in the drive, my system freezes, so my desktop is
> insensitive for some seconds.
> 
> Somebody sees this too, and how to get rid from this effect?

No, and it smells like a hardware issue to me – either your CD drive or
the cable is probably dodgy.

Is there anything in /var/log (probably in /var/log/messages)?

James.

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