Ubuntu
udev package

  1. Bug #562092
  2. Comment #78

Comment 78 for bug 562092

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J. McDonald (mcdonald-joseph) wrote : Re: [Lucid] cdrom drive not recognized automatically

There is a similar bug report for the PowerPC Ubuntu port located here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udisks/+bug/590448

In my case, forcing udev to poll for media immediately after it is loaded or ejected properly mounts the media and has the DVD or CD show up on the desktop. I currently do this by opening my CD/DVD/RW drive (which lshw shows as being at /dev/hde) using the following code:

eject -T && udisks --poll-for-media /dev/hde

I stuck it in a simple shell script that I can call from a panel applet when I need to load or eject a CD or DVD.