YDL3 and iMac CDROM Drives

[Bill Fink]

Hi Jeremy,

On Sat May 10 2003, Jeremy R. Gilby wrote:

> I'm curious as to how this group uses YDL to open and close the CDROM
> Drive in Linux.
> 
> In mac, the keyboard performs this function.  However, in YDL, the Eject
> Key is not recognized.
> 
> I've been using the following commandline,
> 
> eject /dev/CDROM
> (I coded this as a button in my YDL panel)
> 
> But that only opens the drive.
> (I could "shove" the drive back in, but that just spells future
> mechanical failure)
> 
> I've also used the CD Player Eject button, but it will not open if there
> is no CD in the tray.
> 
> Anyone else come up with a better workaround?

I use:

alias	uneject		'eject -t'

This may not work on all CDROMs, but it does work for me.

					-Bill