Try this patch for cdparanoia. It will apply (at least) to versions
alpha-7 to alpha-9.4
--- scan_devices.c~ Wed Jan 13 22:44:03 1999
+++ scan_devices.c Wed Jan 13 22:45:52 1999
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
/* Yay, ATAPI... */
/* Ping for CDROM-ness */
- fd=open(device,O_RDONLY);
+ fd=open(device,O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK);
if(fd==-1){
idperror(messagedest,messages,"\t\tUnable to open %s",device);
free(device);
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