I'm assuming you've rebooted, to eliminate the possibility of confused software? This would be a complete power down reboot, not a restart.
I've resolved several stuck drives just by power cycling them. On Aug 30, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > When I push the button on my DVD writer the light goes on, but the > drawer doesn't open. I ran: > > sudo lshw -html > ~/Desktop/hardware.html > > and see: > > ------------------------------ > id: cdrom > description: DVD-RAM writer > product: DRW-24B1ST c > vendor: ASUS > physical id: 1 > bus info: scsi@3:0.0.0 > logical name: /dev/cdrom > logical name: /dev/cdrw > logical name: /dev/dvd > logical name: /dev/dvdrw > logical name: /dev/sr0 > version: 1.05 > capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram > configuration: > ansiversion = 5 > status = nodisc > ---------------------------------------- > > So I'm assuming that the problem must be with the drawer itself. Has > anyone ever seen this before? Any recommendations on what to do about it? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug Russell Johnson [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
