hald/linux/blockdev.c Problem with IDE drive type detection

[Danny Kukawka]

On Mittwoch, 25. April 2007, Sledz, Steffen wrote:
> This seems not to be right in all cases. I'm running linux
> 2.6.18.8-0.1-default (openSUSE 10.2). I've connected a Fujitsu MO-drive on
> /dev/hdb. This is reported as "optical" and so I get the error "Cannot
> determine IDE drive type from file /proc/ide/hdb/media".  :(
>
> # cat /proc/ide/hdb/model
> FUJITSU MCR3230AP-S
> # cat /proc/ide/hdb/driver
> ide-cdrom version 4.61
> # cat /proc/ide/hdb/media
> optical
>
> Any chance to get hald work with this device?

see http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.freedesktop.hal/7948

Danny