(2.2.38) CDROM eject problems?

[Buddy Smith]

Well, i can mount and unmount it with ease, so I'm fairly sure nothing
else is using the device....what do you want a log dump OF? i'm not
getting anything in syslog, no failed IOCTL type messages or
anything....

--buddy

> 
> On Fri, Jan 28 2000, buddy en dookie.net wrote:
> > For some reason, 2.3.38 is refusing to allow me to eject my cdrom, 
> > regardless of whether it's mounted. Here's the results of 'eject hdc':
> > 
> > foobar:/home/nullset# eject -f hdc
> > eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc': Device or resource busy
> > foobar:/home/nullset# eject -f hdc
> > eject: CDROMEJECT ioctl failed for `/dev/hdc': Device or resource busy
> > 
> > and it keeps going :)
> > 
> > The only way i've found to get my CDs out is to force them out w/ my key
> > (which i don't like doing, it's bad for both CD and drive) and rebooting.
> > 
> > This worked fine under 2.2.x.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Are you absolutely certain that no other programs have the device
> open? Please send me a log dump, if that is not the case.
> 
> -- 
> *  Jens Axboe <axboe en suse.de>
> *  Linux CD-ROM Maintainer
> *  http://www.kernel.dk
> 


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