CD-Rom Control is an X control panel for mounting, unmounting, and ejecting CD-ROMs.
| Tags | Desktop Environment GNOME |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C Tcl |
Recent releases


Release Notes: This release has a minor bugfix / update to cdchk.c for automatically checking the status of the CD-ROM drive.


Release Notes: Experimental support for DVD movie disc autostart.


Release Notes: A new feature to unlock the CD-ROM drive door even when the CD is mounted so you can use the eject button on the CD-ROM, and new CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED in cdchk.c


Release Notes: Major bug fixing on all 'flavours' to the timer function - if you have any problems then let me know.


Release Notes: A 'version' specifically designed for GNOME and utilising gnocl has been added. There are GNOME bindings for Tcl/Tk, another cosmetic change, and the usual minor bugfixes on all 'versions'.
Recent comments
25 Apr 2001 04:54
Re: 3.1 tarball broken
Thanks for letting me know.
This problem has been rectified as of 9:53 am BST
25/04/01
> The 3.1 tarball seems to be broken as of
> 25/04/01, 08:55 CEST:
>
> %[zlatko@sphere]:~/tmp$ tar tzf
> cdrom-control3.1.tar.gz
> %cdrom-control3.1/
> %cdrom-control3.1/AUTOSTART
> %cdrom-control3.1/LICENCE
> %tar: Skipping to next file
> header
> %
> %gzip: stdin: invalid compressed
> data--crc error
> %tar: Child returned status 1
> %tar: Error exit delayed from previous
> errors
25 Apr 2001 03:04
3.1 tarball broken
The 3.1 tarball seems to be broken as of 25/04/01, 08:55 CEST:
%[zlatko@sphere]:~/tmp$ tar tzf cdrom-control3.1.tar.gz
%cdrom-control3.1/
%cdrom-control3.1/AUTOSTART
%cdrom-control3.1/LICENCE
%tar: Skipping to next file header
%
%gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--crc error
%tar: Child returned status 1
%tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors