Re: [Libcdio-devel] libcdio 0.78 release soon?

[Burkhard Plaum]

Hi,

>  > What I noticed is that cdio_eject_media() doesn't always work (so I disabled
>  > my eject-buttons for gmerlin again). 
>
> Details would be useful. 
> -  What OS, 
> -  What kind of CD-ROM, 
> -  Capabilities reported by the CD-ROM drive

It was some months ago I checked this, I'll check again (maybe it works now?).

> (I think cd-info gives this)
>
> -  What conditions might occur that cause failure

IIRC it was more or less randomly.

> -  Whether there was some other command that would have succeeded 
> -  Whether there was an error condition reported

Will reinvestigate.

>  > After researching a bit, I found, that
>  > *reliable* cdrom ejecting seems to be far from trivial. 
>
> which may be why the current cdio_eject_media currently isn't
> trivial. But what specific research suggests that this is far from
> trivial. It might give a clue as to what needs to be done.

I compared the source of the eject command with the libcdio code and
found, that it's quite different.

Since I disabled ejecting anyway for now, it's no release blocker for
me.


Burkhard