[CentOS] Problem opening CD/DVD Drive door

[Dick Roth]

Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
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> On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 11:27:21AM -0400, Dick Roth wrote:
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>>Jim Perrin wrote:
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>>>It sounds like the cd is still mounted by your user. unmount the cd,
>>>then you should be able to take it out. If you're using gnome/KDE you
>>>should have a CD icon. Right click and choose unmount/eject, or from
>>>the command line 'umount /path/to/cdrom'. The path to your cdrom will
>>>most likely be /media/cdrecorder but it varies.
>>
>>Jim, thanks for your input.  I had done each and every one of your
>>suggestions.  After right-clicking on the CD icon (gnome) and clicking
>>on "Eject", I would get an error message telling me that it couldn't
>>perform the operation.  Checking mounted volumes showed no CD mounted.
>>Running top didn't raise any flags on application helpers that might
>>have maintained ownership or had hooks into a process that would prevent
>>operation on the drive.
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> 
> You might want to try:
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> fuser /mnt/cdrom
> 
> and
> 
> fuser -m /mnt/cdrom
> 
> These will give you some clue of what is stopping you from unmonting the
> fs.
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> Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>

{snip}

Thank you Rodrigo!!  You pointed the way...to grip, which I tend to keep 
open on my desktop.  It didn't appear to "own" the drive, but it was the 
culprit.  And now I have just added another tool (fuser) to my little 
Linux toolbox.

What I love most about being a GNU/Linux user is how much I learn from 
other users.

Thanks again,
Dick


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