eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
Mikkel L. Ellertson
mikkel at infinity-ltd.com
Sun Aug 31 20:37:09 UTC 2008
Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:23 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson
> <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>>> When I try to open the DVD burner tray with the command eject, I get
>>> the following problem:
>>>
>>> $ eject
>>> eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
>>> $
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>> Missing the /dev/cdrom symlink. Depending on hardware changes, you
>> may only have /dev/cdrom0 and /dev/cdrom1, but no /dev/cdrom.
>
> Thanks, Mikkel, but
>
> $ eject /dev/cdrom0
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/cdrom0'
> $ eject /dev/cdrom1
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/cdrom1'
> $ eject /dev/cdrom2
> eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/cdrom2'
> $
>
> Any further ideas?
>
> Paul
>
Does "ls /dev/cdrom*" produce anything?
You may also want to take a look at
/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules - this is where the
symlinks are created.
Mikkel
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