eject command fails to eject cd (WORKAROUND)

[Ed Greshko]

"Steven P. Ulrick" <meow8282 at gmail.com> wrote:


>After I read the above linked bug, I found this all on my own...
>http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=116180
>
>To sum it up, I did the following:
>1. Before I made the following changes, I pushed the eject button on my
>
>DVD drive.  Like it usually does, the drive did NOT open.
>
>2. I then added this to the end of "/etc/sysctl.conf":
>"# Eject CD-ROM By Using the Eject Button
>dev.cdrom.lock=0
>
>"
>
>3. Ran "/sbin/sysctl -p" to re-load "/etc/sysctl.conf"
>
>4. Eject button now works!

Very good. I've not been playing with fedora 17 all that much. 

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