ejecting cd

mattydee · 09-24-2009, 03:33 PM

I remember that in KDE 3, I used to be able to eject a cd/dvd mounted by hal by simply pressing the eject button on the drive itself. It would unmount and eject automatically.

In KDE4, once the drive is mounted, I have to go to the device notifier applet and click the eject button.

Is there a way to add the KDE3 feature back into KDE4?

Chuck56 · 09-24-2009, 04:06 PM

An alternative discussed a few days ago: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...mount.-756440/

Hope that helps.

mattydee · 09-24-2009, 11:24 PM

I appreciate the help, but this doesn't solve the issue.

I'm wondering if this is a KDE4 issue or a Slackware one...

mattydee · 09-24-2009, 11:30 PM

I tried in Xfce, and it gave me the following error:

Quote:

Failed to eject "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A".

Given device "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A" is not a volume or drive.

So I guess its a HAL issue...

mattydee · 09-26-2009, 01:41 PM

Well, it looks like HAL sees the button being pressed but nothing is being done:

Code:

matty@ratbot:~$ lshal -m

Start monitoring devicelist:
-------------------------------------------------
11:36:51.222: storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A property storage.removable.media_available = true
11:36:51.236: storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A property storage.cdrom.write_speeds = {'8467', '7056', '5645', '4234', '2822', '2112', '1764', '1411', '706'}
11:36:51.238: storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A property storage.cdrom.read_speed = 7056 (0x1b90)
11:36:53.031: volume_label_STARCRAFT added
11:36:59.513: volume_label_STARCRAFT property volume.mount_point = '/media/STARCRAFT'
11:36:59.517: volume_label_STARCRAFT property volume.is_mounted_read_only = true
11:36:59.519: volume_label_STARCRAFT property volume.is_mounted = true
11:37:19.006: storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A condition EjectPressed =
11:37:29.006: storage_model_SONY_DVD_RW_DRU_710A condition EjectPressed =

I wonder why. How do I tell it now that when "EjectPressed =", I need it to do whatever it does when the eject is pressed in the device notifier widget.

Woodsman · 09-26-2009, 04:11 PM

Try the following from the command line:

eject -T

The command is a toggle to open or close the tray. Doesn't matter if a disk is inserted. If the command succeeds, then refer to the link provided above by Chuck56 for additional options.

mattydee · 09-26-2009, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woodsman

Tr the following from the command line:

eject -T

The command is a toggle to open or close the tray. Doesn't matter if a disk is inserted. If the command succeeds, then refer to the link provided above by Chuck56 for additional options.

Ya, I've tried that before and it works.... sometimes. As stated above though, this is not really a solution as the problem remains: can't open the disc tray using the hardware eject button.

Sorry if I'm being picky about this, but it seems that if nothing is using the cd/dvd, then pressing the eject button should result in unmounting and ejecting. This is what is done with the device notifier anyway. Is it my imagination or was this working in slack 12.2?

cwizardone · 09-26-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattydee

...Sorry if I'm being picky about this, but it seems that if nothing is using the cd/dvd, then pressing the eject button should result in unmounting and ejecting. This is what is done with the device notifier anyway. Is it my imagination or was this working in slack 12.2?

Not to worry, you are not hallucinating ("hal"-lucinating, ha ha ha). That is how it works in Slackware 12.2.

mattydee · 09-27-2009, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cwizardone

Not to worry, you are not hallucinating ("hal"-lucinating, ha ha ha). That is how it works in Slackware 12.2.

lol

It gets better:

Installing a game through wine that requires multiple discs... guess what happens. Yep, I need to insert disc 2, but the cd/dvd drive is locked and I

1. can't press the eject button: nothing happens. of course
2. can't use the eject -T option: can't umount since drive is in use
3. can't use the device notifier widget: plasma freezes

Nice.

SO what's going on here? Is it KDE4? Isn't hal the same version in 13 as in 12.2 (0.5.11)?

mattydee · 10-03-2009, 02:47 AM

Well, looks like this is fixed in KDE 4.3.1... so it was KDE4 all along. Surprise.

cwizardone · 10-03-2009, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattydee

Well, looks like this is fixed in KDE 4.3.1... so it was KDE4 all along. Surprise.

Just checked it, and, yes, you are absolutely correct.
Problems with KDE 4? Who knew?!