Karol Blazewicz [2011.08.18 2122 +0200]: > 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. Aah, this seems to mirror exactly what I'm experiencing. So at least it's a known issue, and the good thing is that the status says "Assigned". It says nothing about "eject -T" not working, and on my machines eject -T does not work as either root or non-root, but I would suspect that these two issues are closely related. Cheers, Norbert
