If I once open /media/dvdram using a Konqueror window, I am unable to eject the DVD-drive so long as that Window is open -- this is somewhat understandable. (Another OS allows eject and closes the window displaying its content -- but I am not saying Linux should behave like that.) But even after I have closed the tab which was used to read the DVDRAM, until I have completely closed the window (which may contain lots of other tabs) I am not allowed to eject the DVDRAM drive. This is very inconvenient if I find I have inserted the wrong DVD to browse and I have to replace it with another. Do I report this bug (wishlist) at Novell or KDE? -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.51 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-03-02 W09-4 UTC+0530
If I once open /media/dvdram using a Konqueror window, I am unable to eject the DVD-drive so long as that Window is open -- this is somewhat understandable. (Another OS allows eject and closes the window displaying its content -- but I am not saying Linux should behave like that.)
But even after I have closed the tab which was used to read the DVDRAM, until I have completely closed the window (which may contain lots of other tabs) I am not allowed to eject the DVDRAM drive. This is very inconvenient if I find I have inserted the wrong DVD to browse and I have to replace it with another.
Do I report this bug (wishlist) at Novell or KDE?
-- Could this be due to the drive being listed as 'sync' in the fstab file? Perhaps SuSE is merely doing what it should because of this attribute. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to
On 02/03/06, Shriramana Sharma
Thursday, 02 March 2006 15:42 samaye, Kevanf1 alekhiit:
Could this be due to the drive being listed as 'sync' in the fstab file?
No sync: /dev/dvdram /media/dvdram subfs fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0 -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.51 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-03-02 W09-4 UTC+0530
On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 10:11 +0530, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
If I once open /media/dvdram using a Konqueror window, I am unable to eject the DVD-drive so long as that Window is open -- this is somewhat understandable. (Another OS allows eject and closes the window displaying its content -- but I am not saying Linux should behave like that.)
But even after I have closed the tab which was used to read the DVDRAM, until I have completely closed the window (which may contain lots of other tabs) I am not allowed to eject the DVDRAM drive. This is very inconvenient if I find I have inserted the wrong DVD to browse and I have to replace it with another.
Do I report this bug (wishlist) at Novell or KDE?
It's for the wish-list and has more to do with the kernel than the actual distro.
Thursday, 02 March 2006 16:41 samaye, Mike McMullin alekhiit:
It's for the wish-list and has more to do with the kernel than the actual distro.
The *kernel* monitors whether an active application is accessing the DVD drive or not? When I close the Konqueror window, I am able to open the disc. Does the kernel know about the window being closed? -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.51 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-03-02 W09-4 UTC+0530
Have you tried typing "eject cdrom" on a command line? Shriramana Sharma wrote:
If I once open /media/dvdram using a Konqueror window, I am unable to eject the DVD-drive so long as that Window is open -- this is somewhat understandable. (Another OS allows eject and closes the window displaying its content -- but I am not saying Linux should behave like that.)
But even after I have closed the tab which was used to read the DVDRAM, until I have completely closed the window (which may contain lots of other tabs) I am not allowed to eject the DVDRAM drive. This is very inconvenient if I find I have inserted the wrong DVD to browse and I have to replace it with another.
Do I report this bug (wishlist) at Novell or KDE?
-- Joseph Loo jloo@acm.org
Friday, 03 March 2006 06:04 samaye, Joseph Loo alekhiit:
Have you tried typing "eject cdrom" on a command line?
Wow! I did not know this existed. It even works for "eject dvdram". -- Tux #395953 resides at http://samvit.org playing with KDE 3.51 on SUSE Linux 10.0 $ date [] CCE +2006-03-03 W09-5 UTC+0530
On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 10:31 +0530, Shriramana Sharma wrote:
Friday, 03 March 2006 06:04 samaye, Joseph Loo alekhiit:
Have you tried typing "eject cdrom" on a command line?
Wow! I did not know this existed. It even works for "eject dvdram".
Fire up man eject. There's a switch that can close the drive door. Your windows buddies will be impressed.
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