Comments on: Quick Tip – When Linux Won’t Give Your CD Back

By: raymon

raymon — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:04:47 +0000

My Backtrack4-livedvd will not eject after ended session.Backtrack 4 is ubuntu-based,the predecessor was not.I tried the above suggestions as well as shutdown -P 0 and poweroff-commands.
Strangely enough in Backtrack3,the live dvd ejected automatically after ended session.I have to use a needle now to manually eject the cd-tray.
I guess this is an inherent ubuntu-issue,but maybe there is some ubuntu-commands i don’t know of.

By: pedobear

pedobear — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:53:54 +0000

thanks for the tip.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:49:53 +0000

Imo it should tell you at least that some program (preferably *which*!) is using the CD drive, so you actually know…

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By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:20:22 +0000

@Stephan Beal – You are totally correct. A case in point, last week I used the paper clip method and created a coaster out of my CD. I didn’t realize it was still spinning when I forced it open and the noise alone made me think I damaged the CD burner. The CD itself was scratched up like it had been spinning on sandpaper. So, common sense, I should have carefully listened first! ;)

By: Stephan Beal

Stephan Beal — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:53:54 +0000

When this happens, it is often (but not always) because you have some process (e.g. a file browser or a terminal) which is opened to that dir (e.g. open an xterm and cd /media/cdrom0). As long as that’s the case, the directory is “busy” and cannot be unmounted without extra effort. When this happens, first make sure you haven’t got a file or dir open on the drive, or that you aren’t running some process which holds the device open (e.g. k3b). Then try the “eject” command. Don’t use the paper-clip trick on a running system unless you have no other choice.

By: kuratkull

kuratkull — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:47:49 +0000

Thanks, I have this problem when my K3B burn fails. I just can’t get the failed cd out without a reboot :(
Thanks!

http://www.fsdaily.com/Beginner/Quick_Tip_When_Linux_Won_t_Give_Your_CD_Back

By: HowtoMatrix » Quick Tip - When Linux Won’t Give Your CD Back

HowtoMatrix » Quick Tip - When Linux Won’t Give Your CD Back — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:27:41 +0000

[...] Just a quick tip I wanted to pass on today. Have you ever had the issue where you want to eject your CD, but it will not eject; no matter how many times you press the eject button? Annoying isn’t it? I remember when I first started using Linux, years ago, (my OS was RedHat then), I actually would reboot the system just to get the CD out! Obviously, that’s not too smart. Read more at Ubuntu Linux Help [...]

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:09:57 +0000

@menachem – Argh!! I’m a dope! :) Hee hee hee… I forgot about sudo.
Nice comment! ;) At least one of us know’s what we’re doing, and that’s obviously you. :)
Thanks.

By: menachem

menachem — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:25:59 +0000

Don’t forget the “eject” command, which will not only unmount the CD, but eject the tray as well.

sudo eject