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And I doubt this is of any help, but I'm on a Mac Pro 3,1.

** Changed in: mactel-support
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

** Changed in: mactel-support
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Description changed:

- I've found that on my Mac Pro 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
+ 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 machine and
- does't with the desktop.
+ 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

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Eject key on Mac Pro not working
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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