Re: Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-09 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
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Re: Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-07 Thread R. Clayton
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

Re: Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-07 Thread R. Clayton
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

Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-06 Thread R. Clayton
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

Re: Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-06 Thread Chris Brennan
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

Re: Problems ejecting cd.

2011-08-06 Thread Dom
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