Unlock CDROM -> Eject with cd-rom button

[Gandalf]

Hello,

This HOWTO is just for trick to make the cd eject by pressing the eject button on the cd drive which has been included into dapper, but this is how to do it on breezy

Open Terminal and type

sudo sysctl dev.cdrom.lock=0


now your cd can be ejected by simply clicking on the eject button but if you restart it will no longer be available, to make it permenant, then type

sudo sh -c 'echo "dev.cdrom.lock=0" >> /etc/sysctl.conf'


Now it will be permenant

P.S: Taken from Ubuntu Bugzilla (http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11480)

Hope that help

[Gandalf]

finally it has been approved :D

[beerorkid]

that is fancy. That was one of the little things that made me scratch my head.
Thanks

[Gandalf]

Yeah and the solution was obviously easy :)

[Iandefor]

Awesome! Glad to hear it's being fixed in Dapper. In the meanwhile, thanks for this little workaround!

[benplaut]

that's the coolest thing i've seen in a really, really long time!

now if only it was possible to just pull out a jumpdrive, without unmounting

*grundle grundle*

[manicka]

I have added this How-To to the Ubuntu Document Storage Facility

[Gandalf]

Thank you manicka for informing us, i was going to write it now :D

[Bloot]

It doesn't work with my second dvd+-rw. I tried cdrom1, dvd1, cdrw instead but no luck. :?

[frodon]

Thanks Gandalf, i always forgot the first command.

Really useful !!!!!! :KS

[Gandalf]

It doesn't work with my second dvd+-rw. I tried cdrom1, dvd1, cdrw instead but no luck. :?
Checking man sysctl, I've found that sysctl modify parameters under /proc/sys, so actually

sudo sysctl dev.cdrom.lock=0

is equivalent to

sudo sh -c 'echo "0" > /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/lock'


anyway back to your problem please give me the output of the command

ls -l /proc/sys/dev

[Bloot]

anyway back to your problem please give me the output of the command

ls -l /proc/sys/dev


Here it is

ls -l /proc/sys/dev
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 cdrom
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 hpet
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 parport
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 raid
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 rtc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-01-13 00:08 scsi


Many thanks. ;)

[Gandalf]

hmmm, am a bit confused coz check /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info u will find the info of ur both cdrom drived so i think the lock file is shared with both drives, it should unlock them both :S but am not sure, anyway i dont see any other cdrom drive :S

[Bloot]

hmmm, am a bit confused coz check /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info u will find the info of ur both cdrom drived so i think the lock file is shared with both drives, it should unlock them both :S but am not sure, anyway i dont see any other cdrom drive :S
Nevermind, I've survived to this for months, I'll survive 'till dapper. ;)

Thanks for your interest!.

[Gandalf]

oh ok :D
you're welcome anyway :)

[quonsar]

i guess i'm confused at what you're talking about here? i just made a launcher like so and put it on my panel:

http://2trak.com/Launcher-Properties.png

[benplaut]

i guess i'm confused at what you're talking about here? i just made a launcher like so and put it on my panel:

now you can just press the button on the CD drive and it will eject, like it's supposed to! :eek:

[quonsar]

*slaps forehead* :oops:

[xcap]

It doesn't work with my second dvd+-rw. I tried cdrom1, dvd1, cdrw instead but no luck. :?

Oh my, I had the same problem, how can I solve it, no one knows?

[christooss]

My CdRom doesn't open. This is my ls -l /proc/sys/dev

dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-02-12 23:03 cdrom
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-02-12 23:03 hpet
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 2006-02-12 23:03 parport
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-02-12 23:03 raid
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-02-12 23:03 rtc

Im using Dapper

[Gandalf]

Dapper already have this option, but not using sysctl, using another thing... check the bug link posted at the first post

[christooss]

Hm I have done this but now it doesn't mount CD-ROM any more. How can I undo this. So I can follow instructions from Bugreport

[Gandalf]

edit /etc/sysctl.conf and remove the last line which is dev.cdrom.lock=0 if am not mistaken

[rado_london]

Thanks it worked as a charm on HP Pavilion DV4145ea laptop:D:D:d

[mstlyevil]

I can say for a fact it worked in Dapper also. I did it before I read through the whole thread but hey it worked.

[detyabozhye]

Thx! Works great here.

[daredevil]

REally handy thnk u very much