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

[Tom Gundersen]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Norbert Zeh <nzeh at cs.dal.ca> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a strange problem with ejecting CDs from my CD drive.
>
> As root:
>
> eject and eject -t work flawlessly
> eject -T gives
>
>    ioctl: Input/output error
>
> As non-root user:
>
> eject -t closes the tray as expected
> eject gives
>
>    eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
>
> eject -T gives the same result as for root
>
> It doesn't matter whether I do or do not specify sr0 as the device to
> eject.  The non-root user that I try to execute this command as is in
> the optical group.
>
> I have the same problem on two different machines: my trusty old desktop
> and a Dell Latitude E6510.  Also, all this did work before and stopped
> working some time not so long ago.  So, given that it did work before
> and happens on two rather different machines, I suspect it to be a
> result of some package upgrade.  Unfortunately, I don't know exactly
> when this started happening.
>
> Does anybody else experience this type of problem?  Does anybody have
> any pointers what may be wrong with my setup?

This is a known problem, and a version of eject which fixes the issue
is in AUR. Once I have time I'll try to add the needed patches to the
eject in our repos and push a new release.

Cheers,

Tom