Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-05 Thread Pascal Goguey
On Sunday 02 December 2001 14:31, you wrote: > All right, right-click on any vacant area of the screen if you are using > KDE and select "Create New" and then CDROM Device and then look at the > Device tab and select the item that says (/mnt/cdrom) as part of its name. > Do it a second time and lo

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-05 Thread Pascal Goguey
On Sunday 02 December 2001 13:43, you wrote: > Hi, > You might try kwikdisk. It's in 'start', Start? Are you sure we use the same OS? :-) > Regards, > Bill W. Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-04 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, ethan wrote: There IS a mandrake 'feature' that makes that! Whenever you change a file it changes it back on reboot! It perfect in general but, what if you *need* to change the config? I think it is connected to the 'security' le

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-04 Thread meta
Should be: eject /dev/hdc On Monday 03 December 2001 20:05, you wrote: > On Monday 03 December 2001 07:43 pm, ethan wrote: > > I tried that and got this : > > > > umount /mnt/cdrom > > umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted > > [root@Echelon ethan]# eject > > eject: unable to eject, last error

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-03 Thread ethan
you know what's strange: I tried to insert a normal CD into the tray and it mounts. So eject command is able to eject the cdrom after that, once I insert the audio cd inside, eject also can eject the cdrom now previously eject cannot eject the audio cdrom. Does anyone have an idea of

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-03 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, ethan wrote: Hi, Ethan! I've seen these msg just now! I hope it helps! I had recently something this! I messed up the symlinks! Try in this order: 1.type 'eject' as root! if it work, you have permissions problems! as root, cor

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-03 Thread ethan
nope. tried that as well: eject cdrom and /dev/cdrom gives: eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument Tom Brinkman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> On Monday 03 December 2001 07:43 pm, ethan wrote: I tried that and got this : umount /mnt/cdromumount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted[root@

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-03 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 03 December 2001 07:43 pm, ethan wrote: > I tried that and got this : > > umount /mnt/cdrom > umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted > [root@Echelon ethan]# eject > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > [root@Echelon ethan]# eject > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-02 Thread ethan
I tried that and got this :  umount /mnt/cdrom umount: /mnt/cdrom: not mounted [root@Echelon ethan]# eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument [root@Echelon ethan]# eject eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument so what's the issue ? thanks /ethan Ronald J. Hall

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-02 Thread Ronald J. Hall
tek1 wrote: > > thank you very much!!! :) You can also open a shell and do this: (must be root/su) To mount: mount /mnt/cdrom mount /mntcdrom2 mount /dev/cdrom mount /dev/cdrom2 To unmount: umount /mnt/cdrom umount /mntcdrom2 umount /dev/cdrom umount /dev/cdrom2 You can also eject /mnt/cdro

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-01 Thread Matt Greer
On Saturday 01 December 2001 07:50 am, you wrote: > i recently bought a pre-built pc that has generic parts. i was able to > install mandrake on it using the cd-r/w drive, and have been using mandrake > with no problem. when i want to install new software (using the mandrake > software manager),

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-01 Thread tek1
thank you very much!!! :) At 20:31 01/12/01 -0900, you wrote: >All right, right-click on any vacant area of the screen if you are using KDE >and select "Create New" and then CDROM Device and then look at the Device tab >and select the item that says (/mnt/cdrom) as part of its name. Do it a >

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-01 Thread civileme
On Saturday 01 December 2001 04:50 am, tek1 wrote: > i recently bought a pre-built pc that has generic parts. i was able to > install mandrake on it using the cd-r/w drive, and have been using mandrake > with no problem. when i want to install new software (using the mandrake > software manager)

Re: [newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-01 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, You might try kwikdisk. It's in 'start', 'configuration', 'hardware'. This should show both of your drives and you should be able to umount them from there. Remember, they have to be unmounted before the tray will open. At least that's the way I do it till the automount is fixed. R

[newbie] can't eject cdrom

2001-12-01 Thread tek1
i recently bought a pre-built pc that has generic parts. i was able to install mandrake on it using the cd-r/w drive, and have been using mandrake with no problem. when i want to install new software (using the mandrake software manager), i insert the requested cd. mandrake then asks for an