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linux-source-2.6.20 package

  1. Bug #75295
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 75295

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Eduardo Robles Elvira (edulix-gmail) wrote : Re: Feisty freeze, kernel (?) tries to access DVD drive

I disabled the ide_cd & cdrom kernel drivers yesterday and I haven't had freeze problems since then. I know that it's not a solution, but just a temporal workaround for those of use who want to use our laptops. This is what I did:

WARNING! The following steps will disable the cdrom in your system!

1. Add this lines to /etc/modprobe.d/aliases :
alias cdrom off
alias ide_cd off

2. Add this to /etc/rc.local : (the order is important in this case!)
rmmod ide_cd
rmmod cdrom

3. Reboot the system, and next time you boot, check that "lsmod | grep cd" don't give any line with ide_cd or cdrom.

NOTE: If it doesn't work, check that you have no CD/DVD in the drive while booting. ¿?