dvd reader and cdrw disappear under suse linux on thinkpad

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I use thinkpad G40, suse linux 9.1 and in this notebook is a cdrw+dvd-r
boundled (as some notebooks). Today I was downloaded the last upgrade to
kernel and package via YaST. After this, when I insert a cd in the cdrom
drive, don't see any if I click on the cd icon (mycompter). Also if I
change su root user and try to mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom, nothing.
Searching via google I found more information how to change the /dev link to
cdrom if it is scsi, but in the thinkpad the cd is simple ide (in my suse
show /dev/hdc).

this is my etc/fstab
/dev/hda1 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1
1
/dev/hda2 swap swap pri=42 0
0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0
0
proc /proc proc defaults 0
0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0
0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0
0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy subfs
fs=floppyfss,procuid,nodev,nosuid,sync 0 0
/dev/cdrecorder /media/cdrecorder subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom subfs
fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0


I found also a tips on the suse portal knowledge base that suggest to change
some parameters on the /etc/sysconfig/kernel file adding the string
"ide-cd" after "reiserfs" on the initrd entry, but also nothing.

Can any one help me ? (this problem is it caused by udev file system in the
new kernel relase of linux??)

thanks in advance