Re: [gentoo-user] empty cdrom drive is busy or mounted [resolved]

[Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@skynet.be>]

On 08/16/2019 06:21:30 PM, Jack wrote:
> On 2019.08.16 12:00, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> On 08/16/2019 05:25:34 PM, Jack wrote:
>>> try "lsof /cdrom"?  It says the mount point, not the device, might  
>>> be busy.
>> 
>> 
>> This didn't show anything.
>> I still don't know the cause of my problems.
>> But fortunately, they have been resolved by recompiling the kernel  
>> (5.2.0),
>> systemd and all packages depending on systemd - using the new  
>> gcc-9.2.0
>> 
>> Furthermore I had to add the use flags
>> cgroup-hybrid -sysv-utils
>> for systemd. This hasn't been necessary before - very strange.
>> For me, systemd is a monster which I haven't understood.
>> I try to not use it since I am using openrc.
>> Perhaps I have to remove it from my system and use eudev instead of  
>> udev as part of systemd.
>> 
>> Thanks for trying to help me - it was a really strange situation.
> 
> If you are using openrc (as I am) I would say you really don't want  
> systemd installed at all.  I can't imagine any good coming from  
> that.  You do need eudev,  I also have elogind installed, but I'm not  
> sure if it's absolutely required, or if I had some other reason for  
> installing (possibly to get rid of consolekit?)


Thank you Jack and Laurence!

I've put the (possibly dangerous) task to get rid of systemd on my  
to-do list.
Meanwhile, the issue is resolved here - most probably because I  
uninstalled
sys-fs/udiskie. (Less likely because I upgraded the kernel from 5.2.8  
to 5.2.9)

Many thanks again,
Helmut