[arch-general] CD eject as non-root user

[Norbert Zeh]

Heiko Baums [2011.08.18 2033 +0200]:
> Am Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:08:47 +0200
> schrieb Karol Blazewicz <karol.blazewicz at gmail.com>:
> 
> > I put the data CD, close the tray, try to mount it, but
> >   [karol at white ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cd/
> >   mount: /dev/sr0 already mounted or /media/cd/ busy
> > 
> > It's definitely not mounted, let's try again
> >   [karol at white ~]$ mount | grep sr0
> >   [karol at white ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cd/
> >   mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
> > 
> > OK, let's see if it's mounted indeed
> >   [karol at white ~]$ mount | grep sr0
> >   /dev/sr0 on /media/cd type iso9660 (ro)
> > 
> > Looks fine, unmount it and eject it
> >   [karol at white ~]$ sudo umount /media/cd/
> >   [karol at white ~]$ mount | grep sr0
> >   [karol at white ~]$ eject /dev/sr0
> >   eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
> > 
> > Despite the error, the CD got ejected. Using eject is the only way to
> > do it - pushing the button on the case doesn't to a damn thing ...
> > unless I push it and try mounting again - in this case, the tray will
> > open.
> 
> Since when do you have those issues? It's probably a bug in the kernel
> (package linux 3.0.2 and 3.0.3).

As I said in my earlier post, I'm not sure when all this started to
happen, but it my have arisen as recently as you report in your bug
report.  Thanks for filing by the way.

Cheers,
Norbert