I ripped several CDs tonight. grip/cdparanoia generally work better than they used to. I am running the cdparanoia-test that you built for me the other day. I don't have problems with the CDROM not ejecting anymore (when done ripping). There are still messages in the syslog. BTW:IRQs are not enabled for the cdrom. Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: DMA timeout retry Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd8 { Busy } Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: status timeout: error=0xd8MediaChangeRequested LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command Nov 17 00:29:36 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:29:46 localhost kernel: hdc: DMA timeout retry Nov 17 00:29:46 localhost kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Nov 17 00:29:51 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:29:51 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:29:51 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:29:56 localhost kernel: ide-cd: cmd 0x42 timed out Nov 17 00:29:56 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:29:56 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:29:56 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: DMA timeout retry Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: status timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: drive not ready for command Nov 17 00:31:05 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:31:16 localhost kernel: hdc: DMA timeout retry Nov 17 00:31:16 localhost kernel: hdc: timeout waiting for DMA Nov 17 00:31:21 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:31:21 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:31:24 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:32:28 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:32:28 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:32:28 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:32:36 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:32:36 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:32:37 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete Nov 17 00:32:44 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Nov 17 00:32:44 localhost kernel: hdc: irq timeout: error=0xd0LastFailedSense 0x0d Nov 17 00:32:44 localhost kernel: hdc: ATAPI reset complete -- Kim Lux (Mr.) Diesel Research Inc