Comment 17 for bug 17764

(In reply to comment #16)
> (In reply to comment #15)
> > This should now work on most drives in dapper:
> >
> > gnome-volume-manager (1.5.7-0ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
> > .
> > [...]
> > * Add debian/patches/03_no_hal_mount.patch: Directly call pmount-hal,
> > pumount, and eject instead of invoking Hal functions. These are utter
> > crack, and do not even exist yet. This also finally makes the CD drive's
> > eject button work with mounted CDs.
> > [...]
> >
> > It won't for drives which do not notify the computer when the eject button is
> > pressed, but it should already be a huge improvement.
> >
> > The sysctl approach has it's own warts, e. g. some drives forget the setting if
> > you change a CD.
> >
> > I close this for now. Please cry out loudly if you encounter a drive that
> > doesn't eject with the new g-volume-manager, but works with the sysctl approach.
>
> I've a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612 and when using sysctl eject works. I'm using
> dapper with all the latest upgrades.
>
>
>

forgot to be more precise in the last reply :-) with sysctl eject works but
without it doesn't. So it doesn't work with the new g-volume-manager for my drive.