Re: Problems ejecting cd.
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Re: Problems ejecting cd.
From a mechanical point of view, this sounds like a bad servo or actuator motor in the drive. Is it old? New? The hardware's an ibm thinkpad a31; that's maybe eight or nine years old. Is the drive sluggish to eject the drive, does it feel stiff, like something might be grinding on the tray itself? When it works, the cd drive works well, smoothly with no ominous sounds. Thanks for your answer to my message. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vcu9b3ny@ulanbator.myhome.westell.com
Re: Problems ejecting cd.
I've recently noticed one of my DVD drives giving the same eject message, but ejecting shortly afterwards. It isn't a new drive, but seems to work apart from the message. I've had that problem too, but it eventually does eject, and I leave well-enough alone. Thanks for your reply. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87r54xb3c6@ulanbator.myhome.westell.com
Re: Problems ejecting cd.
On 8/6/2011 12:47 PM, R. Clayton wrote:
I'm running debian testing updated weekly. Every once in a while I manage to
wedge the cd drive such that I can no longer eject it:
$ sudo umount /dev/scd1
umount: /dev/scd1: not mounted
$ eject /dev/scd1
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ sudo eject /dev/scd1
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ eject -v /dev/scd1
eject: device name is `/dev/scd1'
eject: expanded name is `/dev/scd1'
eject: `/dev/scd1' is a link to `/dev/sr1'
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not mounted
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not a mount point
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not a multipartition device
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using CD-ROM eject command
eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using SCSI commands
eject: SCSI eject failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using floppy eject command
eject: floppy eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using tape offline command
eject: tape offline command failed
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ ls -l /dev/s{cd,r}1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 5 18:09 /dev/scd1 - sr1
brw-rw 1 root cdrom 11, 1 Aug 5 18:09 /dev/sr1
$ groups
rclayton dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev bluetooth netdev
$
The drive's wedged so tightly that it doesn't respond to the button on the
cd-tray drawer (it does, however, respond to the paper clip, but that fixes
neither the eject command nor the drawer button). This usually happens after
I
have some mishaps mounting and unmounting the drive. I can recover the drive
by rebooting, but what, if anything, can I do short of rebooting to recover
the
drive?
From a mechanical point of view, this sounds like a bad servo or
actuator motor in the drive. Is it old? New? Is the drive sluggish to
eject the drive, does it feel stiff, like something might be grinding on
the tray itself? Do you have kids that like to hide small things in
really neat new places?
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Re: Problems ejecting cd.
On 06/08/11 19:02, Chris Brennan wrote:
On 8/6/2011 12:47 PM, R. Clayton wrote:
I'm running debian testing updated weekly. Every once in a while I manage to
wedge the cd drive such that I can no longer eject it:
$ sudo umount /dev/scd1
umount: /dev/scd1: not mounted
$ eject /dev/scd1
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ sudo eject /dev/scd1
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ eject -v /dev/scd1
eject: device name is `/dev/scd1'
eject: expanded name is `/dev/scd1'
eject: `/dev/scd1' is a link to `/dev/sr1'
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not mounted
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not a mount point
eject: `/dev/sr1' is not a multipartition device
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using CD-ROM eject command
eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using SCSI commands
eject: SCSI eject failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using floppy eject command
eject: floppy eject command failed
eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr1' using tape offline command
eject: tape offline command failed
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
$ ls -l /dev/s{cd,r}1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Aug 5 18:09 /dev/scd1 - sr1
brw-rw 1 root cdrom 11, 1 Aug 5 18:09 /dev/sr1
$ groups
rclayton dialout cdrom floppy audio video plugdev bluetooth netdev
$
The drive's wedged so tightly that it doesn't respond to the button on the
cd-tray drawer (it does, however, respond to the paper clip, but that fixes
neither the eject command nor the drawer button). This usually happens after I
have some mishaps mounting and unmounting the drive. I can recover the drive
by rebooting, but what, if anything, can I do short of rebooting to recover the
drive?
From a mechanical point of view, this sounds like a bad servo or
actuator motor in the drive. Is it old? New? Is the drive sluggish to
eject the drive, does it feel stiff, like something might be grinding on
the tray itself? Do you have kids that like to hide small things in
really neat new places?
Hmm, I've recently noticed one of my DVD drives giving the same eject
message, but ejecting shortly afterwards. It isn't a new drive, but
seems to work apart from the message.
I haven't tried eject -v yet. I'll try that next time I use it and
report the results.
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