[plug] cdrom not ejecting

[conon]

On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:22, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> 
>   conon writes
> >
> >On Saturday 01 July 2006 11:04, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > >
> > >   conon writes
> > > >
> > > >On Saturday 01 July 2006 10:56, Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >   "Daniel Foote"writes
> > > > > >
> > > > > >>I have a dvd and a dvdr running as hdb(slave on primary) and
> > > >hdc(master on
> > > > > >>secondary).
> > > > > >>I can eject hdc by entering umount -l /media/cdrom1 at the CLI and
> > > >then
> > > > > >>choosing eject
> > > > > >>in Konqueror but running umount -l /media/cdrom0 the eject fails 
> >even
> > > > > >>though
> > > > > >>the CLI
> > > > > >>says hdb is not mounted according to mtab.
> > > > > >>The only way to get the cd/dvd back is to log out of KDE and back 
> >in.
> > > > > >>While this is only a small problem as I can use hdc if there is
> > > >something
> > > > > >>I
> > > > > >>am missing that
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Using the CLI enter the command "eject /dev/hdb" which will do the
> > > > > >same thing as KDE's eject. Use /dev/hdc for the other drive. If
> > > > > >nothing else, it might shed light onto why KDE can't do it.
> > > > >
> > > > > using eject it says the device is busy but using umount says the
> > > > > device is not mounted.
> > > > >
> > > >What version of KDE are you using ?
> > >
> > >   KDE 3.3
> >I am using 3.5 without problems with a dvd on /dev/hdb and a cdrom on 
> >/dev/hdc
> 
> Yes I have 3.5 on another drive and I think it works ok but this will not 
> eject even from
> the CLI even when /proc/mounts shows no hdb mounted
exactly - kde is not accessing the mounted drive - but the /dev/hd? node 
It is accessing it exclusively and not letting another program access it.

exiting kde forces kde to close the device and allow eject to access it.

Upgrade kde.

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regs conon
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