Confirming this! Ain't working normally in Ubuntu quantal (12.10) too! tested on: SONY DVD RW AW-G170A Optiarc DVD RW AD-7560A HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GE20NU10 (usb)
When I'm inserting or ejecting disc, I can see events: $ udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent # inserting disc KERNEL[90.080692] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [91.836687] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) # ejecting disc KERNEL[100.320951] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) KERNEL[103.333248] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [103.454487] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) UDEV [103.519527] change /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/ata1/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 (block) But, when the disc is getting mounted, I can't nor eject it with drive's eject button nor see events: $ udevadm monitor monitor will print the received events for: UDEV - the event which udev sends out after rule processing KERNEL - the kernel uevent Nothing! Silence! I've tryed also with latest kernel from ppa. No changes. $ LANG=en_US apt-cache policy linux-image-generic linux-image-generic: Installed: 3.5.0.17.19 Candidate: 3.5.0.22.27pre201212150400 Version table: 3.5.0.22.27pre201212150400 0 500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/pre-proposed/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 3.5.0.21.27 0 500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security/main amd64 Packages *** 3.5.0.17.19 0 500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status $ LANG=en_US apt-cache policy udev udev: Installed: 175-0ubuntu13 Candidate: 175-0ubuntu13 Version table: *** 175-0ubuntu13 0 500 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890592 Title: CD drive eject button does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/890592/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs