On Jo, 16 dec 21, 23:30:37, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > [10200.545324] usb 3-1: Product: DISK > > [10200.545329] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Realtek > > [10200.545637] usb-storage 3-1:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected > > [10200.546006] scsi host6: usb-storage 3-1:1.0 > > [10201.560487] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM Realtek Driver Storage 1.00 > > PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS > > [10201.566607] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 0x/0x caddy > > [10201.588298] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1 > > Looks like the device is emulating a CD-ROM which offers driver files > to MS-Windows for automatic installation. The web says that this happens > when the device does not get the right answers from the operating system > which indicate that the drivers are already installed.
Indeed it does look like it. > An Archlinux thread proposes to use a program named usb_modeswitch to get > the device out of this mode > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=228195 > Debian has it in a package > https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/usb-modeswitch > > I find its home page somehow confusing > https://www.draisberghof.de/usb_modeswitch/ > But the web says that it is supposed to work automagically for known > devices. In most cases a simple 'eject' command is sufficient, so based on the above something like this might do it: eject /dev/sr1 The command `eject` is in the package with the same name. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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