--- cdp-0.33/hardware.c.foo	Thu Jun  8 17:21:40 2000
+++ cdp-0.33/hardware.c	Thu Jun  8 17:24:18 2000
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     int                     ret = 1;
 
     if (pStatus->cd_fd < 0) {
-        if ((pStatus->cd_fd = open (cd_device, O_RDONLY )) < 0) {
+        if ((pStatus->cd_fd = open (cd_device, O_RDONLY | O_NONBLOCK )) < 0) {
             if (errno == EACCES) {
                 if (!warned) {
   		    exit_ncurses();