cdrom not mounting properly

[prashanthmpai]

I tried to mount cdrom but i am getting error

mount: block device /dev/hda is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/hda already mounted or /media/cdrom busy

What can be done to this?

[praka123]

perhaps the cd might have been already automounted,while u r trying to mount the mounted One .Just have a look @ desktop for cdrom icon showing up.for me,i had a problem umounting cd/dvds in debian linux,whenever i try umount verifying i am not inside any open files/dirs in the cd,it shows hda/cdrom busy.atlast i tried lsof command which shows famd(file altrntn monitor) daemon which is interfering,killed the famd event umounted.also heard gamin's got saMe problem.

[vignesh]

If you inserted the cd while starting into your desktop then it would have mounted automatically.

[prashanthmpai]

I dont know what was happening because when i insert the CD in rom and then press CDROM icon on desktop, i was getting that error. Even i tried giving command in Terminal but still got the same error.

[praka123]

what's ur /etc/fstab shows?something like tis

/dev/hda         /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

[vignesh]

Ya that should be your fstab entry.

[mehulved]

I had this problem in slackware 10.2 too. But, it disappeared after installing 2.6.13 kernel.
You can also try giving eject command from the terminal instead of ejecting the cd directly.

[prashanthmpai]

In fstab its like this

/dev/hda                /media/cdrom            auto    pamconsole,fscontext=system_u:object_r:removable_t,exec,noauto,managed 0 0

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What can be done to this?

Even for the cdrecorder its the same as above..

[praka123]

It may have to do with Selinux/PAM things, which i am yet to study bhai(preparing for RHCE..),OR if u put a bakup of /etc/fstab and edit n remove the line showing hda and try running
'kudzu'?will it work?