Re: detect CD/DVD insert/eject?

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> My system tells me when my laptop lid opens and closes, when various USB 
> devices are plugged in (or powered on) and removed, and various other 
> events. I see these via log(9) and syslog.
>
> I'd like to also see when a CD is physically inserted or DVD drive tray is 
> ejected. Any ideas?
>
> I don't see any harm in having the kernel logging that already. Any ideas 
> on where to look?
>
> Or any suggestions on how that can be done with kevent/kqueue?

I think Reinoud has this working now with pkgsrc/sysutils/hal, and your 
applicatoin can listen for those events using dbus.

Cheers,
Jared