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command and button on laptop don't work when trying to eject CD/DVD

Asked by Andrew Wassillie

Nothing happens when I press the button on the CD/DVD drive and when I use the command nothing happens. help

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What command are you using, please?

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Andrew Wassillie (guz3ma) said : 		#2

  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: WDC WD3200BEVT-6
       vendor: Western Digital
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 1A02
       serial: WD-WX31AB0J0803
       size: 298GiB (320GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512 signature=c0a0aae6
  *-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVD RW AD-7701H
       vendor: hp
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: 2.86
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
Linux 514v3laptop 4.4.0-57-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 9 23:50:32 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Andrew Wassillie (guz3ma) said : 		#3

~$ eject /dev/cdrom
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
 ~$eject
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device
~$ 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

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

sudo eject /dev/sr0

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Andrew Wassillie (guz3ma) said : 		#5

~$ sudo eject /dev/sr0
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

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Andrew Wassillie (guz3ma) said : 		#6

~$ sudo eject /dev/sr0
eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

OK, use the web to find out what:

Inappropriate ioctl for device

Means. I'm off to drink

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