* Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx> [18.08.2011 21:44]: > 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 Just to make it sure that it's not kernel-related, I'm still on kernel 2.6.39 and have the same issue, it works as user and root with eject, but not with the hardware button.
