external optical drives not showing up in the Journal

[Tomeu Vizoso]

Hi Christoph,

On Tue, 2007-10-16 at 14:45 +0200, Christoph Derndorfer wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I was experimenting with an external optical drive connected via USB 
> today and while it I had no trouble accessing it via the shell (well, at 
> least after a friend helped me out) I was a bit surprised that it didn't 
> show up in the Journal. When I connect my USB thumbdrive it shows up all 
> right, I can copy/paste, view its contents, unmount, etc.
> 
> Now I was wondering whether there are any plans to also integrate 
> external optical drives like that? I think it might make sense in some 
> situations, especially where contents might already be available in the 
> form of optical media.

It should have worked, but I have only tested with usb sticks, usb
camera and sd cards.

Could you please enter a ticket in trac about this defect and attach the
output of lshal while the optical drive is plugged in?

Thanks a lot!

Tomeu