dvd drive occasionally opens by itself

[zanonmark]

I have a Dell Vostro 1000.

Starting a few days/weeks ago (sorry I can't be more precise), the dvd drive started to open by itself. This happens about 1-2 times per hour.

Please ask if you need some detailed specs about my computer.

Thanks,

MZ

[jtholmes (jtholmes)]

Thank you for your report.

Could you provide us with the version of Ubuntu you are using and if your package updates are current.

[zanonmark (info-marcozanon)]

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10, all updates were correctly applied.

I disabled the "eject" key in the System > Preferences > Keyboard Shortcuts menu. Now it seems the drive does not open by itself anymore, but I still hear some noises once in a while (as if it "tried" to eject).

Thanks, MZ

[zanonmark (info-marcozanon)]

It just happened again.

I was just looking at the display, no keys were pressed at all, and all of a sudden the drive opened!

I just re-enabled klogd and syslogd, hoping they give me some hint...

Thanks, MZ

[zanonmark (info-marcozanon)]

Hi,

I noticed that the bug happens when the update-manager is downloading upgrades in the background: could it be that it tries to access the dvd drive, even if I disabled (#) the cdrom repository?

Thanks, MZ

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Strange issue. Has it been solved already?

[zanonmark (info-marcozanon)]

> Strange issue. Has it been solved already?

using 8.04 now: it doesn't happen so often anymore (actually, the bug
nearly disappeared),

thanks,

Marco

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

So I'm closing this bug now but feel free to reopen it if you think it's still happening. (And you don't press the eject button accidentally :) )

[zanonmark (info-marcozanon)]

> So I'm closing this bug now but feel free to reopen it if you think it's
> still happening. (And you don't press the eject button accidentally :) )

ok, thanks :)

Marco