Just tried it and worked, opening the drive with the button on the laptop will mess things up, do the launcher thing :D
THANKS!! 2009/11/24 Dan LeVasseur <[email protected]> > Rather than dinking around with a terminal window, you can just create a > launcher that runs the command "eject cdrom", give it a nice Icon and put it > on the panel. Just click it once to eject the disc. > > -Dan > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 2:35 PM, Diego Xirinachs <[email protected]>wrote: > >> thanks for replies, for some reason I didnt receive the notification of >> your post, but I just replied to the thread and I will sure try it out as >> soon as I can. I think that could be a good solution. >> >> 2009/11/24 Miguel Branco <[email protected]> >> >> I replied with my fix on this thread: >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331627 >>> Did you try that? >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 20:12, Diego Xirinachs <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Definetly WONT try that solution then...lol, any other suggestions? its >>>> really critical to have a working CD/DVD drive in my opinion... >>>> >>>> 2009/11/23 Sean Russell <[email protected]> >>>> >>>>> I've been having the same problem on a 4810T, but I'm glad to see other >>>>> people are having the same problem (misery loves company). >>>>> >>>>> I actually did a dpkg reconfigure as recommended on one of the Ubuntu >>>>> docs in an attempt to fix the CD, and it screwed up *everything*; the >>>>> intel graphics driver stopped working correctly, networking went out the >>>>> window. Anyway, crippling regressions as a result of upgrading Ubuntu no >>>>> longer surprise me. I haven't gotten the laptop back to it's full, >>>>> working >>>>> state, but the one thing that refuses to work at all any more is the CD. >>>>> >>>>> Hooray for quality control, eh? >>>>> >>>>> --- SER >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Diego Xirinachs >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> My drive is inaccesible everytime, but still shows up on ubuntu, but >>>>>> double clicking does nothing, doesnt matter If I have a cd inserted or >>>>>> not. >>>>>> >>>>>> 2009/11/23 Stefan Tjarks <[email protected]> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I do have the same problem coming up occasional on my 4810T. >>>>>>> Specially >>>>>>> when using DVD-RAMs. Reading or writing a disc fails and then the >>>>>>> device >>>>>>> is gone out of Karmic. Need to restart and remove the disc to be able >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> use it again. I gave up using DVD-RAMs with my laptop! >>>>>>> Sometimes when inserting a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM the drive is >>>>>>> inaccessible. >>>>>>> I managed to work around it buy rebooting with the disc in the drive. >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> remember once were I needed to burn multiple DVDs and had to reboot >>>>>>> after each burn because the drive simple failed to show the new blank >>>>>>> disc. It's bloody annoying! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 18:04 -0600, Diego Xirinachs wrote: >>>>>>> > hi all, >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I installed ubuntu on my laptop without any problems, I can also >>>>>>> > remember that the drive USED TO work fine, but now (I think it was >>>>>>> > after upgrade) It wont read any CD that I put in it, I checked the >>>>>>> > group permission and I do have permissions to use cdrom drives, no >>>>>>> > Idea how to proceed from now on, I really need to burn some cds for >>>>>>> a >>>>>>> > stuff we need at work so I desperately need the drive working. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Thanks in advance for the help. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > 2 things to note: >>>>>>> > - I installed jaunty on the laptop and recently upgraded to karmic >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > -The cdrom indeed shows on "My computer" but when I double click it >>>>>>> > does nothing (obviously with a cd in it) >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I have this same problem posted on a thread on ubuntu forums If you >>>>>>> > want to reply there, here is the >>>>>>> > link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331627 >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Thanks in advance for the help, If you need more info just ask. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > -- >>>>>>> > X1R1 >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> > Mailing list: >>>>>>> > https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>>>>> > Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>> > Unsubscribe : >>>>>>> > https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>>>>> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> X1R1 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mailing list: >>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>> Unsubscribe : >>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> X1R1 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: >>>> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : >>>> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> X1R1 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~acertimeline<https://launchpad.net/%7Eacertimeline> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > -- X1R1
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