Eject button doesn't run; eject /media/cdrom runs fine

[David Losada Gacio]

I have installed kubuntu 5.10 in two machines, and in both when a CD is inserted
the button in front of the DVD/CD writer doesn't ejects the disk, you must go to
the link on desktop and left click and eject or "eject /media/cdrom" in console.
How can I obtain more detailed output for the button press?
dmesg output:
[4350812.477000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a <keycode>' to make it known.
[4350812.617000] atkbd.c: Unknown key released (translated set 2, code 0xaa on
isa0060/serio0).
[4350812.617000] atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes e02a <keycode>' to make it known.

The same message over and over again.

[beep_gr (alex-anel)]

This is normal on Ubuntu dictibution.
I think that thay made it for security ressons, to donnot eject the driver when
in loads
To unmount and eject the CD, there are many way which are:
--- Go to Computer folder from Nautilus and right click on your mounted CD-Rom.
--- As you wrote, you can use "eject /media/cdrom" or even if it doesn't
respond, use "sudo eject /media/cdrom" to force the eject emediatly
--- Another way is IF you actiated mounted devices and folders on your desktop,
right click on the CD-Rom and eject it.

It is necessary to close all the programms that use this driver (Media players
e.t.c.)

[David Losada Gacio (losadaz)]

(In reply to comment #2)
> This is normal on Ubuntu dictibution.
> I think that thay made it for security ressons, to donnot eject the driver when
> in loads

First of all I'm sorry for any grammar error; I'm spanish.
I don't think so. When I record a CD/DVD with K3b the eject button runs almost
all the time. If it were intentional it must be changed to eject the CD/DVD when
the drive is not used (and if it is used then state that with a msg window). The
bug is that it doesn't let you eject INMEDIATELY after inserted (something is
blocking the eject or is being ignored).
Where is the security threat? Do you mean reliability reassons?

[beep_gr (alex-anel)]

I'm not sure if it is for reliability reassons. But as I realize, when you
instert a disk, the system mounts the disk so that's the reason that you have to
select 'eject' button (not from the driver).
When you click on 'eject', the system umounts the disk and ejects it.
For more info type 'man mount' and 'man umount' in console. I cannot understand
at all because I don't know good English and computer systems.

On other Linux systems (Mandrake) there is no problem with eject button, but on
Ubuntu there is deference.
As for k3b, I use Gnome desktop and I don't know if there is a deference for
ejecting disks on Gnome and KDE.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 17764.