A Ghoast in the machine

bograt · 01-31-2005, 03:22 PM

N/A removed

qwijibow · 01-31-2005, 09:14 PM

DUDE....
lik i said.. if you dont have slocate installed, then use whereis.

Code:

whereis eject

bograt · 02-01-2005, 04:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by qwijibow
DUDE....
lik i said.. if you dont have slocate installed, then use whereis.

Code:

whereis eject

Sorry buddy done that now and got this

eject: /bin/eject /user/share/man/man1/eject.1.gz

Ok what to do????????????

qwijibow · 02-01-2005, 04:48 AM

mv /bin/eject /bin/eject-renamed

now see if your computer still eject the cdrom ?

and start looking for eject command not found errors in the logs or virual consoles.

bograt · 02-01-2005, 05:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by qwijibow
mv /bin/eject /bin/eject-renamed

now see if your computer still eject the cdrom ?

and start looking for eject command not found errors in the logs or virual consoles.

Ok did that in root message
eject /dev/hda/ failed is continually poping up on desktop

however the cd door is staying closed. What to do now?

Ps Sorry for the delay just been to repair a comp and off out now to gym for a few hours will check in later.

Thanks

qwijibow · 02-01-2005, 06:51 AM

whats the name of the porgram which is sending those popups ?

that is the program which is misbehaving, it needs to either be stoppped, or properly configured.

are there any porgrams in $HOME/.kde/Autostart or .$HOME/.kde<version>/Autostart
vere version is your kde version...

("ls -a" to see hidden files)

bograt · 02-01-2005, 08:23 AM

.updated

bograt · 02-01-2005, 09:21 AM

Checked the system log and can find no referance to eject failed Ahhhhhhhhhh my F>##%g heads cabaged now.

bograt · 02-01-2005, 10:16 AM

Yes just found this entry in sys log a recent log

linux kernel: cdrom: open failed.

now how do I sort it and how do I stop the bloody popup error message which is doing my head in?

qwijibow · 02-01-2005, 10:27 AM

again.. this is an ugly hack......
as root...

Code:

echo "#!/bin/bash"  > eject
echo "echo ugly_hack_to_stop_cdrom_ejecting" >> eject
mv eject /bin/
chmod +x /bin/eject

this will cause this script to run instead of eject, as far as kde knows, the eject went along fine.

or you could rename the origonal eject-renamed back to eject, and let the disk eject.

ReMeMbER lInUx is CAse SenciTIVE... $HOME/.kde/Autostart
run as normal user when using $HOME otherwise you will get roots HOME, and dont miss the dot before kde.

ls -a $HOME will list all gidden directory's like KDE

echo $HOME will output your home directory.

oh, and you ARE using kde right??? or gnome ?

bograt · 02-01-2005, 10:38 AM

or you could rename the origonal eject-renamed back to eject, and let the disk eject.

Would that be mv /bin/eject-renamed/eject /bin

Or ren /bin/eject-renamed/eject /bin

btw is this the info you needed from log

linux kernel: cdrom: open failed.

if so what how do I sort it?

btw Is this in root?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by qwijibow
[B]again.. this is an ugly hack......

Code:

echo "#!/bin/bash"  > eject
echo "echo ugly_hack_to_stop_cdrom_ejecting" >> eject
mv eject /bin/
chmod +x /bin/eject

PBSchmidt · 02-01-2005, 10:45 AM

Sorry if I should pop in OT, but did you check yout /etc/crontab? Maybe there a little joker planted the ghost into your machine.

HTH,

Peter

qwijibow · 02-01-2005, 10:55 AM

yes.. thats as root.

yeah, cron could be doing it... are there any linux/unix savvy people hwo have access to your computer ?

bograt · 02-01-2005, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by qwijibow
yes.. thats as root.

yeah, cron could be doing it... are there any linux/unix savvy people hwo have access to your computer ?

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!

enterd the crack text in root and still getting the popups it's doing my head in now

yes.. thats as root.

so is that mv or ren ? totally wound up now dpent most of the day trying to sort this crappy little problem so P####d off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!