On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:09 AM, Thomas Schmitt <scdbac...@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > > So, the first command [program "eject"]did work; > > This proves that it is not a problem of the drive. > Afaik, it is quite usual that contemporary Linux kernels forget to unlock > the drive tray. (I did not yet find the exact reason in my oldish kernel > and thus cannot tell whether it has been fixed in the newer ones.) > > On the drive level it is about an SCSI command named START/STOP UNIT, > which needs to be sent to the drive so that it enables its own Eject > button. > > I am quite clueless about the way how the Eject key on a Mac keyboard > is supposed to work. Afaik, the drives do not have direct support for > external Eject buttons. So it would be a matter of operating system or > desktop software to emit an SCSI command to the drive when the key getsi > pressed. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I guess that your next step is to ask LXDE people how the Eject key of > your Mac is supposed to work, why it does not, and how to make it e.g. > execute command "eject /dev/sr0". > (I use fvwm2 as window manager and define key bindings by its command > set.) > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > > -- > @Thomas: Thanks for the follow-up . . . um, yes, don't know if I posted to this report, but the eject key does work in my several OSX partitions, there I believe the key works to both open and close the tray--so it's no surprise that the drive is itself OK. But the keystoke eject also works in the Gecko Rolling & TW partitions, and I believe it worked in a U-MATE live DVD session--however in the case of linux it only works to open the tray and has to be nudged physically to close it, etc . . . which all led me to believe that this is an **exclusive** issue with Lubuntu in 18.04 edition. Having a good day so far, thanks, F -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1761808 Title: optical drive doesn't open in Lubuntu 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfburn/+bug/1761808/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs