Subj : Re: How to detect cdrom tray status (open or closed)
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Sybren Stuvel
Date : Wed Oct 06 2004 06:21 pm

Mihai Osian enlightened us with:
> There is a CDROM_DRIVE_STATUS ioctl defined in
> /usr/include/linux/cdrom.h. Perhaps it can help you.

This is exactly what I need, but *ARGL* my drive reports the wrong
information :( I reports "tray open" when it's closed without a disc.
The CDROM_DISC_STATUS ioctl also returns CDS_NO_INFO in both cases
(tray open / tray closed without disc)

Sybren
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