[ltp] CD-ROM keeps spinning up

Dennis Lee linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 22:45:19 -0600


I got to think'n about this after a bit of exploring I found 
autorun  ... running?
try "man autorun" looks like you can make some adjustments
Red Hat 7.2 uses autorun-2.7-1 you may want to check your version before 
spending very much time tweaking the system.

Dennis

On Friday 16 November 2001 09:52 pm, you wrote:
> Quoting Mark Atwood <mra@pobox.com>:
> > The other night I was reading some stuff on my thinkpad while laying
> > back on my futon, and I realized that ever 90 seconds or so, the
> > CD-ROM drive was spinning up and then down again. I hadnt noticed
> > before because normal office fan-noise masks it.
> >
> > I'm running RH 7.1 with the Gnome desktop.
> >
> > What keeps hitting the (empty) CD-ROM, and how do I make it stop?
> >
> >
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> it might be some kind of auto-mounting tool...
>
> brad
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