Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Baho Utot wrote: >> On 08/25/2013 10:44 AM, Ken Moffat wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 09:27:37AM -0400, Baho Utot wrote: >>>> On 08/24/2013 10:14 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: >>>>> Does anyone else see eject failing to eject a CD/DVD with 7.3 or >>>>> later ? Eject is now part of util-linux so you don't need to >>>>> install anything extra to test this, just put a CD or DVD in >>>>> /dev/sr0. >>>> on the latest SVN if a cd/dvd is in the drive eject works. >>>> If no cd/dvd is in the drive eject does nothing. >>> Odd. As Bruce noted, it ought to let you open the drawer to load a >>> CD. My problem turns out to be different, and I'm not sure about >>> the OP's problem with eject. >>> >>> ĸen >> >> I have found that when there is not a cd/dvd in the drive there is no >> symlink /dev/cdrom so maybe eject then finds nothing to eject? >> After a cd/dvd/ is placed into the drive /dev/cdrom is there and eject >> works. > > What version of udev are you using? There is nothing that I know of > that should remove the /dev/cdrom symlink. The symlink should be > created when the system boots. Is this perhaps a usb cdrom? > > Do you have /dev/sr0? > > -- Bruce > Before I got a working 70-persistent-cd.rules, "ls -l | grep ' sr'" showed something like this:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 25 16:16 cdrom -> sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Aug 25 16:16 sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 1 Aug 25 13:00 sr1 When I connected my usb drive, I got something like this: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 25 16:16 cdrom -> sr2 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 0 Aug 25 16:16 sr0 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 1 Aug 25 13:00 sr1 brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 11, 2 Aug 25 17:27 sr2 When I disconnected it, I got the original result. Disregard the time stamps. Apparently, having a 70-persistent-cd.rules that udev does not ignore, with an explicit "cdrom" link; holds "cdrom" still. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
