Ejecting cd via keyboard

taktu ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org
Tue Aug 30 19:06:10 UTC 2005


apak39 Wrote: 
> Martin

> Using the powerprefs utility I have been able to set the eject key to,
> well, eject my cdrom. The only downside is that I have a dvd writer as
> well and I can only assign a key to one drive. I tried to assign the
> eject key to the cd and Alt +eject to the dvd as it operates in MacOSX
> but the utility only remembers the last entry. Still, a step in the
> right direction and a useful utility.

> Thanks

> Alan

hey thanks for the tip... i finally managed to put that button to use.
i have a flat screen imac and it was pissing me off to use the 'eject'
command every time i wanted to open the tray.


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taktu




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