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[Dawning <james@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fully updated on x64 10.04 as of posting this (Sept 14 2010). For
the moment, the key will work for ejecting only. Once the drive tray is
out, subsequent pressing does not cause it to retract.

Adam Fabicki above described this quite eloquently. His observations are
reflective of my experiences.

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Eject key on Mac Pro not working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567365
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Status in Mactel Support: Confirmed
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed

Bug description:
I've found that on my Mac Pro (Edit: Mac Pro 3,1) running Ubuntu 10.04 x64 Beta 2 (completely updated as of April 20th 2010), the eject key on the keyboard doesn't eject the CD tray. However, on my Macbook, with the exact same software setup, the key does work.

Update: As of Sept 14 2010, pressing the key will eject a CD, but will not retract the ejected tray.

In both cases the eject image appears in the upper-right corner of the screen momentarily. Just that a CD will eject on the laptop (MacBook) machine and doesn't with the desktop.

Edit: This had functioned correctly in 9.10