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