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For more on this, please read the official Ubuntu documentation: Ubuntu Bug Control and Ubuntu Bug Squad: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/BestPractices#X.2BAC8-Reporting.Focus_on_One_Issue Ubuntu Kernel Team: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies#Filing_Kernel_Bug_reports Ubuntu Community: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette When opening up the new report, please feel free to subscribe me to it. Please note, not filing a new report would delay your problem being addressed as quickly as possible. No need exists to comment here at this time. After reading the above documentation in it's entirety, if you have further questions, you are welcome to redirect them to the appropriate mailing list or forum via http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community/mailinglists , or you may contact me directly. Thank you for your understanding. -- 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 : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

