ejecting ipod shuffle

[Byron Poland]

On 9/7/05, Matt Patterson <matt at v8zman.com> wrote:
> I seem to remember having this problem as well. The trick that was
> passed on to me (and seems to have solved it indirectly) is to do:
> 
> sudo chmod +s /usr/bin/eject
> 
> This adds rights to the executable by default (pretty sure). You can
> give it a quick try, and if it doesnt fix it just undo it with
> 
> sudo chmod -s /usr/bin/eject
> 
> 
> Good luck,
> Matt
> 
> 


Worked great, thanks!
> 
> Byron Poland wrote:
> 
> >I have an ipod shuffle, and on Breezy when I go to unplug it, I right
> >click the ipod icon, and select unmount, and the device is unmounted,
> >but I get an eject error box:
> >
> >Unable to eject media
> >eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument
> >
> >
> >no response in syslog.  I unplug the shuffle and I get a usb
> >disconnect message in syslog.
> >
> >would like to know how to actually eject the shuffle.  (it works fine
> >with gtkpod)
> >
> >(just tested my 4g ipod and it suffers from the same thing)
> >
> >everything seems to work now when I replug it in (minus the eject)
> >however I've had issues in the past with scsi io loop issues. so would
> >like to know how to actually eject these things
> >
> >
> >
> 
>