[wplug] processes that won't die

Hagbard Celine hceline at softhome.net
Mon Nov 17 17:01:48 EST 2003


> 
> On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 04:21:46PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote:
> > Additionally ... I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the CD-ROM itself
> > has bugs/problems.
> > 
> > Did I understand your correctly, that sometimes pushing the button on the
> > drive caused it to fail to eject?  That sounds like hardware to me.
> 
> This happens for me while the device is mounted, but not when it's not
> mounted. I think there's something the OS can set on the drive, so that
> a user doesn't eject in the middle of a read or something. 
> 
> Kuzman
Yessir.  There are ioctls in the cd-rom driver that will lock and unlock the
tray.

Hagbard




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