Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 09:08:19PM -0400, JoeHill wrote: > >> I don't care if 'an appication is preventing' or whatever, I want to damned >> cdrom to eject. I cannot believe that my hardware is being overridden by >> software. When I hit the eject button, I really don't give a rat's ass what >> someone thinks about it, I want it to eject. >> >> How can I regain control of this? >> > > Calm down! Grab a drink. > > Install eject. > > At the command line: > > eject > opens the tray > > eject -t > closes the tray >
But this will not work if some process is using the drive. Someone pointed out, however, some command-line options that should help. -- If at first you fricasee, fry, fry again. Eduardo M KALINOWSKI edua...@kalinowski.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org