"eject" command not working

Question

shadyabhi@shadyabhi-desktop:~$ eject -v
eject: using default device `cdrom'
eject: device name is `cdrom'
eject: expanded name is `/media/cdrom'
eject: `/media/cdrom' is a link to `/media/cdrom0'
eject: `/media/cdrom0' is not mounted
eject: `/media/cdrom0' is not a mount point
eject: tried to use `/media/cdrom0' as device name but it is no block device
eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom'
shadyabhi@shadyabhi-desktop:~$

The tray doesnt open.. How do I open tray using command line?

I am using Ubuntu 9.10 64bit and I have no dvd inserted in the DVDROM...

Solution 1

Depending on your device and how it is set up one of those commands should work:

eject /dev/cdrom
eject /dev/cdrw
eject /dev/dvd
eject /dev/dvdrom
eject /dev/dvdrw

If none of these work then look for the correct device in the list generated by this command:

ls -l /dev | grep '\->'

You can also specify the raw device:

eject /dev/sda
eject /dev/hdd

Solution 2

Try $ eject -t

Solution 3

Try eject -T.

Edit:

You may need to name the device or mount point. It may be something other than the ones that it automatically tried. Look at the output of mount to see which ones might be it.

Comments

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

not working.. same error...

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

not working. same error

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

Actually, I have no DVD inserted, so there isnt anything mounted.. So, what can I do now?

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

eject: unable to find or open device for: ******.. For all of them, same errors... And I want to make a point that I dont have any DVD loaded in the DVDROM.

[lajuette]

Do you know to wich device node your drive is bound?

[Justin Smith]

try this: ls -l /dev | grep '\->' if your dvd device is properly recognized by your system it will be on that list. On my system I get, along with some junk: 'dvd -> hda' and 'cdrw -> hda', eject /dev/dvd, eject /dev/hda, and eject /dev/cdrom all work

[Abhijeet Rastogi]

cdrom2 -> sr0, cdrw2 -> sr0, core -> /proc/kcore, dvd2 -> sr0, dvdrw2 -> sr0... is the output.. I now did "eject /dev/dvd2"... And now it works.. Thanx..