David Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 07:20:56PM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
>
>> When I put a blank CD-R in the drive, after several seconds an icon
>> labeled "Blank CD-R Disc" appears on the desktop. Is there some
>> command-line way to recognize this?
>
> I'm not sure about simple command line. Some depends on your distribution,
> and what it's doing. Do you have 'dbus' running. If so, you might be able
> to get something useful out of dbus-monitor which is what will get notified
> about the insertion of the media.
>
> If your distribution is older, then something is probably just polling for
> the device, in which case , you can also poll.
>
> The desktop might create a file for the "Blank CD-R Disc" icon, which you
> could check for. This might be the easiest way to do it.
Not bad!
Running
dbus-monitor --system
gives
"""
signal sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> dest=:1.91
path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus;
member=NameAcquired
string ":1.91"
signal sender=:1.6 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_CD/DVDW_SH_S182M;
interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=PropertyModified
int32 1
array [
struct {
string "storage.removable.media_available"
boolean false
boolean false
}
]
signal sender=:1.6 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager;
interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager; member=DeviceRemoved
string "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_cd_r"
signal sender=:1.6 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_CD/DVDW_SH_S182M;
interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=PropertyModified
int32 1
array [
struct {
string "storage.removable.media_available"
boolean false
boolean false
}
]
signal sender=:1.6 -> dest=(null destination)
path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/Manager;
interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Manager; member=DeviceAdded
string "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_cd_r"
[1]+ Stopped dbus-monitor --system
([EMAIL PROTECTED] ~)1014$ kill %+
"""
Neato!,
..jim
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