[Bug 875543] Re: [Dell Inspiron 2500] Can't eject cd rom : Inappropriate ioctl for device

[LindseyD.]

Apologies for the delay in replying. I have to say, all this is a
nightmare on dialup. Launchpad alone can take up to 5 minutes to load.

I managed to track down the Natty udev, but it requires the
upgrade/installation of 24 dependencies--too much of a risk of breaking
something else for me to try it. Same with installing another kernel.
(And if the problem's in udev, why change the kernel?)

Maurice, as I understand it # means you're already root so I don't quite
understand # sudo eject -i off. However, I su'd into root and tried #
eject -i off and it worked, but only once :-(

I will not be opening a new report, because a) Linux Mint isn't on the
dropdown list of "affects other distributions" and b) because I have no
idea now whether it's a udev bug or a kernel bug and c) all the report
would say is, see bug 875543 for details. I haven't got the resources in
terms of spare computers or high speed internet access to pursue this on
my own. The only reason I posted above was, the bug was set to expire
unless someone said something. However, if anyone else has the physical
and emotional resources to open a new report, I'd like to know about it.

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Title:
  [Dell Inspiron 2500] Can't eject cd rom : Inappropriate ioctl for
  device

Status in “udev” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  It's impossible to eject cd rom with the command eject or with the hard button
  "Error ejecting: eject exited with exit code 1: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device"

  This is a fresh install of oneiric.
  Tried with the udev package from natty and it's working

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: udev 173-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Oct 16 09:45:47 2011
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  Lsusb:
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0cde:0008 Z-Com XG-703A 802.11g Wireless Adapter [Intersil ISL3887]
  MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Inspiron 2500
  PccardctlIdent:
   Socket 0:
     no product info available
   Socket 1:
     no product info available
  PccardctlStatus:
   Socket 0:
     no card
   Socket 1:
     no card
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=f98a363b-9676-42d1-ae6a-afa64e3b5081 ro quiet splash pci=noacpi vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: udev
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/03/2001
  dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies LTD
  dmi.bios.version: A11
  dmi.board.name: Inspiron 2500
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
  dmi.board.version: None
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
  dmi.chassis.type: 1
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologiesLTD:bvrA11:bd12/03/2001:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnInspiron2500:pvrRevisionA0:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnInspiron2500:rvrNone:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct1:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: Inspiron 2500
  dmi.product.version: Revision A0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation

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