Ralf Hildebrandt, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eject/+bug/398670/comments/4 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 875543 [Dell Inspiron 2500] Can't eject cd rom : Inappropriate ioctl for device ** Changed in: eject (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to eject in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398670 Title: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device Status in “eject” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: When issuing an "eject" command on the console, I get: $ eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device $ dmesg reports: [ 149.469374] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 149.469380] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 149.469385] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track [ 149.469393] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 [ 149.469397] __ratelimit: 68 callbacks suppressed [ 149.469400] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0 [ 149.469403] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1 [ 149.469407] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 2 [ 149.469410] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3 [ 149.469412] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 4 [ 149.469415] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 5 [ 149.469417] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 6 [ 149.469419] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 7 [ 149.469422] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8 [ 149.469424] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 9 [ 149.486612] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 149.486618] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 149.486623] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track [ 149.486630] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 [ 149.503096] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 149.503105] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 149.503112] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track [ 149.503121] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 [ 149.505347] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 149.505360] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 149.505373] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track [ 149.505390] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0 Even if the CD cannot be read, I should still be able to eject it! $ eject -v eject: using default device `cdrom' eject: device name is `cdrom' eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom' eject: `/dev/cdrom' is a link to `/dev/sr0' eject: `/dev/sr0' is not mounted eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a mount point eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a multipartition device eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using CD-ROM eject command eject: CD-ROM eject command failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using SCSI commands eject: SCSI eject failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using floppy eject command eject: floppy eject command failed eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using tape offline command eject: tape offline command failed eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release: 9.10 $ apt-cache policy eject eject: Installed: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 Candidate: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 Version table: *** 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 0 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eject/+bug/398670/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp