On 08/30/2013 11:58 AM, Paul Munday wrote: > On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 11:16 -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: >> When I push the button on my DVD writer the light goes on, but the >> drawer doesn't open. >> >> 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? >> > You can use a paper clip to open it manually
One nice thing about this tower is that it fits nicely under my desk. One unfortunate thing about this tower is that I have to pull it out from under the desk to work on it. So, I'll try the paper clip after lunch. Meanwhile ... > or run 'eject' from the command line. :~$ eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device Googling that error message turned up: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eject/+bug/398670 I tried sudo eject with the same results. I tried eject -v with these results: --------------------------------- ~$ 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 --------------------------- Off to lunch. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
