[TriLUG] CD drive workaround

Jon Carnes jonc at nc.rr.com
Mon Feb 18 16:02:29 EST 2002


Interesting problem... every time I've installed Mdk8.x it's ejected the
first CD and asked for the second.  It worked fine for me two weeks ago when
I installed Mkd8.2 (beta) - which rocks!

Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "M. Mueller (bhu5nji)" <bhu5nji at yahoo.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 11:44 AM
Subject: [TriLUG] CD drive workaround


> just had a wierd problem with my CD drive eject button.
>
> -using a Compaq Presario 12XL500 with a built-in CD drive.
> -using Mandrake 8.1.
> -was RPM'ing in xpdf.
> -had Mandrake 8.1 CD 1 in the drive.
> -started Control Center
> -selected System-Software Manager
> -selected xpdf, then highlighted xpdf in the "Selected" window, then
clicked
> Install/Remove
> -was prompted to install CD 2, the manual eject button did not work (tried
> repeatedly); opened xterm at user level and entered "$eject /dev/cdrom3"
> which opened the drawer"
> -Process completed successfully; package loaded and tested successfully.
>
> I would expect the software manager to have opened the drive
automatically.
> I expected the eject button to work.
>
> Is this a problem with my machine?  Is this something worth bringing to
the
> attention of Mandrake?
>
> Mike M.
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