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[Alan Meyer <ameyer2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I booted up Windows 7 on the computer and it too was unable to open the
drive door or read the disk.  I turned off the machine for the night
and, in the morning, booted up Ubuntu.  Pressing the button during the
boot process, the gate opened and the tray came out.

It's possible that the hardware is failing intermittently, or I perhaps
the software under Ubuntu put the drive into a locked gate state which
was not released by a reboot but was released by a complete power down.
If the latter explanation is right, it would be wonderful if someone
figured out how to fix it without powering down, for example by a change
to what happens when 'sudo eject -i off' is run.

However, I don't know how anyone could reproduce this problem reliably,
especially on another machine.  So I could not, in good conscience, ask
for the issue to be re-opened.  If others do report the same problem and
the issue is reopened, maybe the notes I've posted here and in comment
#6 will be of use.

Thanks.

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Title:
  eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

Status in “eject” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When issuing an "eject" command on the console, I get:

  $ eject
  eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

  $ dmesg
  reports:

  [  149.469374] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
  [  149.469380] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
  [  149.469385] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
  [  149.469393] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
  [  149.469397] __ratelimit: 68 callbacks suppressed
  [  149.469400] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
  [  149.469403] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 1
  [  149.469407] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 2
  [  149.469410] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 3
  [  149.469412] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 4
  [  149.469415] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 5
  [  149.469417] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 6
  [  149.469419] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 7
  [  149.469422] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 8
  [  149.469424] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 9
  [  149.486612] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
  [  149.486618] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
  [  149.486623] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
  [  149.486630] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
  [  149.503096] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
  [  149.503105] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
  [  149.503112] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
  [  149.503121] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
  [  149.505347] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
  [  149.505360] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
  [  149.505373] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
  [  149.505390] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0

  Even if the CD cannot be read, I should still be able to eject it!

  $ eject -v
  eject: using default device `cdrom'
  eject: device name is `cdrom'
  eject: expanded name is `/dev/cdrom'
  eject: `/dev/cdrom' is a link to `/dev/sr0'
  eject: `/dev/sr0' is not mounted
  eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a mount point
  eject: `/dev/sr0' is not a multipartition device
  eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using CD-ROM eject command
  eject: CD-ROM eject command failed
  eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using SCSI commands
  eject: SCSI eject failed
  eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using floppy eject command
  eject: floppy eject command failed
  eject: trying to eject `/dev/sr0' using tape offline command
  eject: tape offline command failed
  eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
  Release:	9.10

  $ apt-cache policy eject
  eject:
    Installed: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6
    Candidate: 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6
    Version table:
   *** 2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-6 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
          500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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