On 4 Jul at 15:50 Gavin Chester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 13:43 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm running LTSP 4.2 under Mandriva 2007.0, with local devices, which > > all work quite well, except for one annoyance. > > > > If I insert a CD into the local (IDE) drive, it gets detected, and I can > > open the directory with no problems. However, try as I might; the drawer > > refuses to open to allow me to remove/replace the CD. > > > > Logging off doesn't help; I actually have to shut down the workstation, > > which then tries to boot from the CD, unless I'm quick :( > > > > Does anyone know of a fix for this situation, please? > > Sounds like some process is still accessing the drive and therefore the > system sees it as "busy". In that state, the eject button is over-ridden. > You can try a few things. Make sure that konqueror, nautilus or whatever > are definitely not displaying the drive, nor should you be logged into its > folder (eg., /media/cdrom) in a terminal session; Make sure all processes > that once accessed the drive (eg, k3b) are truly dead do a "ps aux" to > list running processes; from a terminal session issue the command "eject > /dev/hdc" where you replace /hdc with your own drive's designation - you > may have to do this as root if you don't have sufficient user permissions; > and, finally there is the one sure-fire way to tackle the problem: all > drives have a small hole in them, maybe near the eject button, and you > simply poke something long and thin in there (a bent paper clip is > perfect) until you release the latch that holds the drive door closed - > it's that simple :-) HTH > > Gavin > Thanks, Gavin, and James, for your replies. I'll give these suggestions a try next time the problem occurs, and also try ti investigate the problem a bit further. Cheers, Tony [snip] -- Tony van der Hoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Buckinghamshire, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
