Am Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:44:23 -0300 schrieb Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx>: > I have a strange problem with ejecting CDs from my CD drive. > > As root: > > eject and eject -t work flawlessly > eject -T gives > > ioctl: Input/output error > > As non-root user: > > eject -t closes the tray as expected > eject gives > > eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > eject -T gives the same result as for root > > It doesn't matter whether I do or do not specify sr0 as the device to > eject. The non-root user that I try to execute this command as is in > the optical group. > > ... > > Does anybody else experience this type of problem? Does anybody have > any pointers what may be wrong with my setup? Eject only works for root. So you have to use sudo to be able to ejecting the CDs. Heiko
