[Pkg-xbmc-maintainers] Bug#709117: xbmc can't eject my cd(s)/dvd(s)

[Jérôme Bertorelle]

Hi,

I had the same issue as Felipe on Jessie (so latest package, same as 
unstable as I'm writing this). The sysctl.conf change alone didn't solve 
the problem. I found a fix that works for me on a forum:

1) copy the file /lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d
2) edit the /etc copy, change the following line:

      IMPORT{program}="cdrom_id --lock-media $devnode"

to remove the lock media option:

     IMPORT{program}="cdrom_id $devnode"

With this change ejecting from the stand-alone XBMC GUI now works. From 
the comment just above this line in the rule file this may have side 
effects, but when using XBMC in stand-alone mode I haven't seen any 
problem. To be discussed with udev experts.

Jerome