Detecting CDROM Eject key press

Detecting CDROM Eject key press

[Vedran Rodic]

Hello

Can I detect that CDROM Eject key has been pressed when the cdrom is 
mounted and the CDROM door is locked?

This, together with kernel notifying me of CDROM status changes (cdrom 
has media, cdrom is empty) would completely solve the cdrom automount 
issues.

Userspace program then could detect that the eject key has been pressed, 
close files on the media, and do a clean unmount.


Thanks


Vedran Rodic

Re: Detecting CDROM Eject key press

[Vedran Rodic]

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:40:02 +0200, Vedran Rodic wrote:

> Can I detect that CDROM Eject key has been pressed when the cdrom is
> mounted and the CDROM door is locked?
> 

I guess this is impossible, and the only way to make the eject key react
every time is by disabling door locking.

Vedran

Re: Detecting CDROM Eject key press

[Jens Axboe]

On Mon, Oct 11 2004, Vedran Rodic wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 14:40:02 +0200, Vedran Rodic wrote:
> 
> > Can I detect that CDROM Eject key has been pressed when the cdrom is
> > mounted and the CDROM door is locked?
> > 
> 
> I guess this is impossible, and the only way to make the eject key react
> every time is by disabling door locking.

Yes. If the door is locked, you don't get any notifications.

-- 
Jens Axboe