On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:44 PM, Nigel Henry <cave.dnb2m97pp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The problem has partially returned. In my case, I have >> >> # ls /dev/cdrom* >> /dev/cdrom1 >> # >> >> And I do the following: >> >> # cd /dev >> # ln -s ./cdrom1 cdrom >> >> that solves the problem until a new reboot. After a new reboot, I have >> to apply the solution above explained; otherwise, I get > > That's pretty normal Paul, as most of the entries are created in /dev by udev, > at bootup time, then when you shutdown, those entries cease to exist. So a > symlink will not hold over a reboot. I think you'd need to make some change > in udev itself to do what you want. >> >> $ eject >> eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom' >> $ > > Do you have more than one optical drive on the machine? I have 3 optical > drives on one machine (cdrom, cdrom1, and cdrom2), and if I specify which one > to open the tray on with eject, I can open any of them. > eject (which as default opens the tray on cdrom) > eject cdrom (same as above) > eject cdrom1 > eject cdrom2 > > I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but have a look at the man > page for eject. Thanks, Nigel. I have only one optical drive. Can I make 'eject' working without having to use 'eject cdrom1'? Paul -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
