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Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-lw

Amnon82

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Linux-Dude

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Registered: 2006-11-23

... with the drive-button?

I've 3 drives in my paldo-machine. One DVD-LW, one CD-RW and one DVD-RW.
When I have a disc mounted in the CD-RW/DVD-RW it will be unmounted by pressing the eject-button on the drive.

The DVD-LW can only unmount a disc by using the normal unmount-way.

Is there a way to unmount it also with the button on the drive?

btw. in KDE it works ...

Created: 2007-01-22 20:14

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

juerg

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Registered: 2004-09-09

What do you mean with DVD-LW, a DVD-ROM drive? If the hardware eject button doesn't work, it's usually a hardware limitation, especially if it works with other drives in the same system. Are you sure that it worked with the same drive in KDE?

Created: 2007-01-22 21:13

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

Amnon82

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Yes, cos I tried it with KDE 3.5.5 in different distributions. Only RW-drives you can eject in gnome using the hardware-button, but not readonly-drives.

So my thought was to fake the readonly-drive to a RW-drive to check if it works also under gnome this way.

If you want to try it yourself download a live-cd with kde on it and put a dvd/cd in your readonly-drive. You can eject it by pressing the hardware-button. Shure, you must have two drives in your machine to test it this way.

Created: 2007-02-04 12:21

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

juerg

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I don't have a read-only drive at hand right now but it'd be a pretty strange bug if it just doesn't work with read-only drives. The read-only drive is possibly older, so it might not be MMC compliant (or not to the same level) as your RW-drives.

Follow these steps to find out where the problem lies:

Insert a disc into your read-only drive
Start "lshal --monitor" in a terminal
Press the hardware eject button

You should see something like

Zitat

storage_model_DVD_RW_ND_3540A condition EjectPressed

in the terminal. If you do see the message, it's a gnome-volume-manager or gnome-mount bug; if you don't see the message, it's a HAL, Linux, or hardware issue.

Created: 2007-02-04 13:12

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

Amnon82

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Registered: 2006-11-23

I insert and removed some cd/dvds. Only the readonly-drive dosn't react by pressing the hw-eject-button.

Code

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Start monitoring devicelist:

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storage_model_DVDRAM_GSA_4163B property storage.removable.media_available = false

storage_model_DVDRAM_GSA_4163B property storage.partitioning_scheme = '' (new)

storage_model_DVDRAM_GSA_4163B property storage.removable.media_available = true

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.mount_point = ''

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted_read_only = false

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted = false

storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_M1712 property storage.removable.media_available = false

storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_M1712 property storage.partitioning_scheme = '' (new)

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD removed

storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_M1712 property storage.removable.media_available = true

storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_M1712 property storage.removable.media_size = 4577984512 (0x110de8000)

volume_label_VIDEODVD added

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.mount_point = '/media/VIDEODVD'

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.is_mounted_read_only = true

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.is_mounted = true

storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8520B property storage.removable.media_available = true

storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8520B property storage.removable.media_size = 715732992 (0x2aa93800) (new)

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD added

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.mount_point = '/media/Gentoo Linux 2006.1 x86 LiveCD'

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted_read_only = true

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted = true

storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8520B condition EjectPressed = 

storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8520B property storage.removable.media_available = false

storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8520B property storage.partitioning_scheme = '' (new)

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.mount_point = ''

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted_read_only = false

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD property volume.is_mounted = false

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD removed

storage_model_DVDRAM_GSA_4163B property storage.removable.media_available = false

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.mount_point = ''

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.is_mounted_read_only = false

volume_label_VIDEODVD property volume.is_mounted = false

But when I use the normal way of ejecting I got this:

Code	[In neuem Fenster öffnen]

storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_M1712 property storage.removable.media_available = false volume_label_VIDEODVD removed

Created: 2007-02-04 17:18

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

juerg

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Registered: 2004-09-09

Ok, when you say the same drive works on other distributions, it's probably a Linux or HAL issue. Could you try in stable or testing if you've previously tested in unstable to check whether it's a libata issue? The kernel in unstable uses libata for PATA and SATA controllers, the kernel in stable and testing uses the older ide layer for PATA controllers.

Created: 2007-02-04 17:33

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

Amnon82

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Registered: 2006-11-23

It works only in KDE but NOT in Gnome.

Thats a post of mine in the german Ubuntu forum. Seems it has something to do with my drive.

Created: 2007-02-04 17:50

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

juerg

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It surely wouldn't work in KDE on paldo, as your test showed that the problem lies on a lower level, i.e. HAL doesn't get notified. There is nothing GNOME can do about that.

BTW: The tests you've done in other distros with KDE were done with the exact same drive, not just with another read-only drive, right?

Created: 2007-02-04 18:07

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-

Amnon82

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Registered: 2006-11-23

Yes I did it with the exact same drive. Seems KDE handle it different than gnome. I'll do again a test with Kubuntu 6.06.1 LiveCD and some other distros. Maybe I can monitor something.

Created: 2007-02-04 18:20

Re: Is it possible to add a feature to open a dvd-lw

Amnon82

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Linux-Dude

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Registered: 2006-11-23

Code

[In neuem Fenster öffnen]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lshal --monitor



Start monitoring devicelist:

-------------------------------------------------

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD added

volume_label_Gentoo_Linux_2006_1_x86_LiveCD removed

I did this by pressing the eject-button on the readonly-drive running the liveCD of Kubuntu 6.06.1.

And this is the kernel version:

Code	[In neuem Fenster öffnen]

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 02:52:00 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

Created: 2007-02-04 18:41

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