On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 06:17 am, eric jackson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kaj Haulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:59 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit > > > On Tuesday 01 June 2004 21:35, eric jackson wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Yesterday I bought and installed a Sony DVD burner. I haven't > > > tried burning anything yet but I did run into a problem. After > > > I've accessed a CD or DVD I can't get it to eject. When I push > > > the eject button, nothing happens. > > > > > > Any idea what is causing this problem? > > > > > > Eric Jackson > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Probably you will have to unmount it first. > > > > In a terminal,cd /etc/mnt, su to root, type "umount cdrom" or > > whatever it is named in your /etc/fstab. > > > > HTH > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > Thanks. I'll try that. > > Eric
I discovered, by running top, that it is fam holding onto the device, as CDROM in my experience, and when I kill that the CD is permitted to eject. HTH Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 ------------------------------- At a given moment I open my eyes and exist. And before that, during all eternity, what was there? Nothing. .....................Ugo Betti _______________________________ This email is guaranteed to be Wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Experience what others using Mandrake Linux have experienced at:- http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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