Re: CD-ROM: inappropriate ioctl

[Thomas Schmitt]

Hi,

jeremy bentham wrote:
>   eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

The inappropriate ioctl() does not necessarily have to be the reason
of the failure. man 1 eject indicates that several methods are tried.


> The command sees the drive (it's not the quietest thing in the
> world, and I can hear it clunking in the case).
> [...]
> The drive also does not respond to the physical control on the
> case.

This could be a damage of mechanical parts or sensors.

What do you get in file /tmp/xorriso.log by

  xorriso -scsi_log on -outdev /dev/sr0 -eject out 2>&1 | tee -i 
/tmp/xorriso.log


Does the drive have a hole for mechanical opening by a straightened paper
clip ?

If so, open the tray (best with power being off) and insert some medium.
Then try whether the drive reacts on eject, xorriso, or drive's own button
as long as a medium is in.
Such behavior is described in the web, and i experienced it myself with
a DVD-ROM drive.


Have a nice day :)

Thomas

CD-ROM: inappropriate ioctl

[jeremy bentham]

Using the eject command I get the following message:

  eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

This is new:  I used the drive to install the OS (jessie? Debian 9, anyway)
and I've actually--not too recently--listened to a CD on it.

Feeding The Duck the message didn't help; nor did deleting the
device file and running mknod.

The command sees the drive (it's not the quietest thing in the
world, and I can hear it clunking in the case).  It just doesn't
open the tray.

-- 
 Dave Williamsd...@eskimo.com

CD-ROM: inappropriate ioctl, addendum

[jeremy bentham]

The drive also does not respond to the physical control on the
case.

-- 
 Dave Williamsd...@eskimo.com