[Eug-lug] Newbie CD Burner Questioned- Answered it myself....

Max Lemieux max at lunarlogic.com
Fri Aug 6 07:11:30 PDT 2004


Most likely it doesn't want to give up the CD, because some program is still 
accessing the data. Try  closing Konqueror or whatever you're using to browse 
the files, then push the button on the front of the drive.

cheers
Max


nyal wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> After doing a bit of fooling around I was able to answer my own question....
> 
> Went into the Mandrake Control Center, found Mount Points for CDROMs, went 
> into the options and unchecked the noauto and user options....rebooted and 
> can now see my pictures!
> 
> New problem I have is that the CD Burner doesn't want to open up and kick the 
> CD out once I'm done looking....Any suggestions?  I tried the button on the 
> front of the burner, no go.  I tried using the eject option from KSCD, no 
> luck.  
> 
> Is there a way from a terminal window I can force it to open?
> 
> Any suggestions are most appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Nyal R. Cammack
> ncammack at efn.org



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