From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QQzTB-0007m4-UK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 30 May 2011 10:13:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 534EA1C0E1; Mon, 30 May 2011 10:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.muc.de (colin.muc.de [193.149.48.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0B101C0E1 for ; Mon, 30 May 2011 10:11:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 54808 invoked by uid 3782); 30 May 2011 10:11:22 -0000 Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9556BBD.dip.t-dialin.net [217.85.107.189]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Mon, 30 May 2011 12:11:21 +0200 Received: (qmail 3857 invoked by uid 1000); 30 May 2011 10:10:21 -0000 Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:10:21 +0000 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How do I eject an audio CD inside Gnome? Message-ID: <20110530101021.GA3749@acm.acm> References: <20110529204905.GA5736@acm.acm> <20110529221308.65f988ec@digimed.co.uk> <20110529213713.GC5736@acm.acm> <201105292356.10969.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201105292356.10969.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) From: Alan Mackenzie X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 0802869e2a02f59d078433bc3bb0973f 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).