On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Not sure if anyone already pointed to this bug report https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/25405 It deals with eject not working properly.
