eject command fails to eject cd

[JD]

On 06/07/2012 03:49 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 06/08/2012 05:54 AM, JD wrote:
>> the eject command in f16 says
>> # eject
>> eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
>>
>> f16 has no cdrom or dvd entry in /dev,
>> so after each boot I have to manually
>> create the symlink to sr0.
>>
>> Is there a way to make the symlinks permanent in /dev?
>>
> Do you happen to have a /dev/cdrom1?
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jun  7 15:55 /dev/cdrom1 -> sr0

but the eject command wants /dev/cdrom.
>
> What are the contents of, or do you have, the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
>
> file?
>
The stock f16 /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules   file contents are:

# This file was automatically generated by the /lib/udev/write_cd_rules
# program, run by the cd-aliases-generator.rules rules file.
#
# You can modify it, as long as you keep each rule on a single
# line, and set the $GENERATED variable.

# Slimtype_DVD_A_DS8A1P (pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-1:0:0:0)
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-1:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-1:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrw", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-1:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvd", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-1:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvdrw", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"

# Slimtype_DVD_A_DS8A1P (pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-0:0:0:0)
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrom1", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="cdrw1", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvd1", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", 
ENV{ID_PATH}=="pci-0000:00:02.5-scsi-0:0:0:0", SYMLINK+="dvdrw1", 
ENV{GENERATED}="1"