That's what I tried. After I've inserted it and have the icon on my 
desktop, I get:

root@edwin:~# umount /dev/scd0
umount: /dev/scd0: not mounted
root@edwin:~#

Yet the icon is on my desktop, and when I double click it, Nautilus open it.

So what's controlling the device?

It just occurred to me to do:
root@edwin:~# ps -ef | grep scd0
root      6521  6477  0 Jun14 ?        00:01:00 hald-addon-storage: 
polling /dev/scd0 (every 2 sec)
root     15023 14855  0 17:34 pts/5    00:00:00 grep scd0
root@edwin:~#

Any idea what hald-addon-storage is?


Lisa Kachold wrote:
> Alternately run mount/umount after determining the device /dev/scd0 
> device idea and status via dmesg.
> 
> So, you will umount it
> 
> #umount /dev/scd0
> or
> # umount /mnt/CDROM  (or wherever she is mounted)
> 
> then
> 
> # mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/CDROM
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net 
> <mailto:ejs@shubes.net>> wrote:
> 
>     I have a Ubuntu 8.04 host, running a Visduh guest using vmware player
>     2.5.1. It's working pretty well, but I don't really use Visduh much.
> 
>     I'm trying to use the Windoze media player to rip a CD, accessing the
>     CDrom directly. The Vista VM is connected to the /dev/scd0 device, but
>     when I insert the CD, Ubuntu delightfully and magically puts the Audio
>     CD icon on my desktop, and launches the Sound Juicer. Ubuntu takes
>     possession of the CD device, and Visduh waits for access.
> 
>     I can't seem to figure out how to get Ubuntu to release the device so
>     that VMware/Visduh can access it. Once I eject the disc from Ubuntu,
>     Visduh stops waiting for the device. When Ubuntu has access to the CDrom
>     device, there's no entry in /etc/mtab, so the device isn't mounted by
>     conventional means.
> 
>     Can someone fill me in on where to look to find out what Ubuntu's using
>     to access the CDrom, and how I can get it to release (umount?) the da*m
>     thing without ejecting it?
> 
>     TIA.
> 
>     --
>     -Eric 'shubes'
> 
>     ---------------------------------------------------
>     PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>     <mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>     To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>     http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> (503)754-4452
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:LisaKachold
> http://tinyurl.com/44zfgx  http://www.obnosis.com/motivation/
> 


-- 
-Eric 'shubes'

---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss