On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 07:37, eric jackson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:53 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] dvd drive won't exit > > > On Tuesday 01 Jun 2004 20:58, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Just a guess - automount (or equivlent) has the CD or DVD mounted, and > > the drive locked. Try using the eject command and see if that works. > > If you have any programs that are accessing the drive, it will not work. > > If not, try right clicking the Desktop Icon, and selecting "Unmount". > > Red Hat was a beggar for doing that to me...... > > JRH > > When I tried that it gave me an error message saying that only root could > unmount the DVD. > > I didn't have this problem with my old DVD. Any ideas on how I can set up my > computer so I don't have to unmount it manually? > > Eric Jackson > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Close any instance of Konqueror, then you should be able to use the "eject" button. stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
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