CentOS - Jul 2005 - Problem opening CD/DVD Drive door

Since moving from FC2 to CentOS 4.x I've been having a strange problem 
opening the CD/DVD drive door after burning backups.

A cron job tars and gzips directories I want to back up and stores the 
.tar.gz file in my /misc directory.  I then burn the file onto a blank 
CD.  All goes well with the burn...the drive door opens upon completion.

The problem occurs when I re-insert the CD to test the backup using File 
  Roller.  After reading the directories for verification, I find that I 
can not eject the disc unless I log out.  This, obviously is a pain in 
the neck since I then have to restart several apps I normally have open.

Has anyone run into this before?  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Dick

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> The problem occurs when I re-insert the CD to test the backup using File
>   Roller.  After reading the directories for verification, I find that I
> can not eject the disc unless I log out.  This, obviously is a pain in
> the neck since I then have to restart several apps I normally have open.
> 
> Has anyone run into this before?  Any suggestions?
It sounds like the cd is still mounted by your user. unmount the cd,
then you should be able to take it out. If you're using gnome/KDE you
should have a CD icon. Right click and choose unmount/eject, or from
the command line 'umount /path/to/cdrom'. The path to your cdrom will
most likely be /media/cdrecorder but it varies.


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Jim Perrin
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Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center