**Hi! **
I just installed QCdbase -cdfly catalogers (from repos, they have the latest versions).
The only problem is that they can’t see the contents of CDs-DVDs, that are on my dvd-ram drive. A problem that I had with some other catalogers I tried.
They are giving an error that the disk is unmounted and they can’t mount it. (Although the disk IS mounted and I have access on it with nautilus).
For QCdbase -cdfly, the error messages are:
The media is not mounted.
Would you like CdFly to try to mount the device?
Y/N
Failed to mount device, verify that the specified device node is correct.
I have opensuse 11.1 x64 with gnome, and I tried both with the default dynamic mount point as well setting a static mount point at /dev/cdrom. 
Was someone able to bypass this difficulty and setting up properly these apps?
They are giving an error that the disk is unmounted and they can’t mount it. (Although the disk IS mounted and I have access on it with nautilus).
The device is usually hal/desktop mounted (automatically). Your software may not like this (re expected mount-point for example).
Didn’t you ask this question here?
Hi deano!
THANKS for your help!!! 
Indeed I asked there how to set a static cd mount point, and with the kind help of the other guys, I managed to setup it.
The problem is, none of the catalogers is satisfied with neither the dynamic auto-mount, nor the static one /dev/cdrom.
Since I asked for the creation of the static mount poin at the original thread, and that problem is solved, I preferred to start a new thread.
On a second thought, one can always copy the cd contents, on a local directory at /home and scan these contents instead.
A “without cataloger” solution, may be listing the cd contents (eg. giving ls -R) and redirecting the output to a text file on the hard disk and using these text files or combining them to a simple database (eg. at open office). Or maybe writing a small program (eg. at freebasic) for doing this job.
OK! Just thoughts!