eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Nataraj <incoming-fedora-list at rjl.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?
>> >
>> > Use "eject /dev/name-of-dvd-device". If you're not sure what the device
>> > name is, an easy way to find out is by firing up k3b, which will look
>> > for it (there are probably quicker ways but this works).
>>
>> Thanks, Patrick. K3b does not see the inserted CD.
>>
>> The problem that I am reporting did not occur before. I suspect that
>> some updates may have destroyed what was correctly working.
>>
>> Any further ideas?
>
> /dev/sr0
> /dev/sr1

No progress:

$ eject /dev/sr0
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sr0'
$ eject /dev/sr1
eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sr1'
$

Paul