Hi, Alan. On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 11:56:10PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 23:37 on Sunday 29 May 2011, Alan Mackenzie > did opine thusly:
> > Hi, Neil. > > On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 10:13:08PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > On Sun, 29 May 2011 22:58:39 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > > With a CD in the drive and gnome running, please post the output > > > > of > > > > mount > > > > cat /etc/mtab > > > And the output of eject -v > > acm@acm ~ $ eject -v > > eject: using default device `cdrom' > > eject: device name is `cdrom' > > eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom' > > eject: `/dev/cdrom' is a link to `/dev/sr0' > > eject: `/dev/sr0' is not mounted > > eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a mount point > > eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a multipartition device > > eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using CD-ROM eject command > > eject: CD-ROM eject command failed > > eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using SCSI commands > > eject: SCSI eject succeeded > > (This was run as a normal user, not root.) > > Hey, eject -v works! :-) It's still not quite ideal, though. > My money says you've been hit by the Gnome Borg - where you are only > permitted to do things the way the gnome devs have deemed to be > appropriate and TheOneTrueWay(tm). After all, you are just a user, what > do you know? The devs know better, you must trust them! You're dashed right. I now understand what's happening: When a CD is inserted and Gnome detects it as an audio CD, the CD drive is locked. At the same time, a stupid icon "Audio Disc" appears on the screen. Right clicking on "Audio Disc" gives an "eject" menu point. YUCK!!! If I'd've wanted an Apple Macintosh, I know where to buy one. I just want my drive's eject button to work. It gets worse. If you double click on "Audio Disc", it opens a window with the "files" uselessly displayed. Right clicking gives a menu point "unmount" (I kid you not), as though a filesystem were mounted. This unlocks the drive. I feel like screaming. AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! > I can't be of much more help to you, I don't use Gnome at all (see above) Can't say I blame you. What's the choice, though? I appreciate the spare uncluttered desktop of Gnome. Last time I tried KDE (about 7 years ago) it was anything but uncluttered. I tried XFCE briefly, but couldn't get it to run stably. Besides, it was missing an application to switch between keyboard layouts, something I absolutely need. > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
