Re: Unable to eject cdrom???
On Tuesday 07 Feb 2006 13:15, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Intermittently I am unable to eject my dvd/cdrom. Is there a way to
> determine whether Linux is refusing to eject the dvd/cdrom or if it is a
> hardware related problem?
Most probably some process still has a file open on there. Use something like
# lsof |grep cdrom
to determine what process this is, then deal with it appropriately. If it's a
daemon {famd is a likely culprit} try sending SIGHUP first.
--
AJS
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