On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Norbert Zeh <nzeh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > 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. > > I have the same problem on two different machines: my trusty old desktop > and a Dell Latitude E6510. Also, all this did work before and stopped > working some time not so long ago. So, given that it did work before > and happens on two rather different machines, I suspect it to be a > result of some package upgrade. Unfortunately, I don't know exactly > when this started happening. > > Does anybody else experience this type of problem? Does anybody have > any pointers what may be wrong with my setup? This is a known problem, and a version of eject which fixes the issue is in AUR. Once I have time I'll try to add the needed patches to the eject in our repos and push a new release. Cheers, Tom
