(2.2.38) CDROM eject problems?

[Jens Axboe]

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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