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Aug 11, 2013 10:24 PM in response to zappymxby zappymx,later on when asking command "info laser"
I receive
Individual utilities
* aclocal: (automake)Invoking aclocal. Generating aclocal.m4
* autoconf: (autoconf)autoconf Invocation.
How to create configuration scripts
* autoreconf: (autoconf)autoreconf Invocation.
Remaking multiple `configure' scripts
* autoscan: (autoconf)autoscan Invocation.
Semi-automatic `configure.ac' writing
* config.status: (autoconf)config.status Invocation.
Recreating a configuration
* configure: (autoconf)configure Invocation.
Configuring a package
* ifnames: (autoconf)ifnames Invocation.
Listing the conditionals in source code
GNU programming tools
* automake: (automake). Making Makefile.in's
Utilities
* Bash: (bash). The GNU Bourne-Again SHell.
GNU Packages
* Tar: (tar). Making tape (or disk) archives.
Individual utilities
* tar: (tar)tar invocation. Invoking GNU `tar'
(before, the terminal showed all laser printers connected to the LAN, btw...) so will try with something like lens or drive ¡¡¡ (keeping the silly work, around here...)
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Aug 11, 2013 10:36 PM in response to zappymxby zappymx,trying to be less silly,but needs some long long long time, i presume ¡¡¡ so, let's go through some stuff, the night is just fresh and beginning ¡
1 Getting Started
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This first part of this Info manual describes how to get around inside
of Info. The second part of the manual describes various advanced Info
commands, and how to write an Info as distinct from a Texinfo file.
The third part briefly explains how to generate Info files from Texinfo
files.
* Menu:
* Help-Small-Screen:: Starting Info on a Small Screen.
* Help:: How to use Info.
* Help-P:: Returning to the Previous node.
* Help-^L:: The Space, DEL, B and ^L commands.
* Help-Inv:: Invisible text in Emacs Info.
* Help-M:: Menus.
* Help-Xref:: Following cross-references.
* Help-Int:: Some intermediate Info commands.
* Help-Q:: Quitting Info.
and all of such effort for a silly superdrive, anyways ¡¡¡
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Aug 11, 2013 10:53 PM in response to zappymxby zappymx,rereading info, what does that mean
Feature 0003h: Removable Medium (Logical Unit contains removable media)
Raw Feature Descriptor:
00> 00 03 07 04 09 00 00 00
Feature descriptor version: 1
Feature descriptor length: 4
Feature is persistent
Feature is current
why would logical unit "contain removable media ? what kind of ? something related to data necessary to function correctly, or eventually some undesirable info "stopping" the reading option of the lens/laser package ?
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Aug 11, 2013 10:57 PM in response to CaoYongby zappymx,could try the command drutil getconfig so to check if the drive is "working" or not ... I keep learning..
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Aug 11, 2013 11:00 PM in response to zappymxby zappymx,mean a bug, or a "kind of" virus or bad programming introduced through some update or through some undesirable DVD or download and installed or loaded with such "not so silly" intention of harming the drive ?
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Aug 11, 2013 11:02 PM in response to Blummanby zappymx,did you check the option "drutil getconfig" ?
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Sep 12, 2013 8:56 PM in response to martin in munichby yesdayne,drutil eject worked for me too. I have a mid-2010 iMac. The drive stopped without warning. Freaked me out. Lucky I found this forum with the drutil eject command. Thanks for suggesting it. Worked great and saved me some cash, and frustration.
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Dec 19, 2013 2:00 PM in response to eh1255by Joda83,Hi guys Im brand new to this also - How do I find the terminal to type in Drutil Eject etc?
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Dec 19, 2013 2:44 PM in response to Joda83by iCare,Terminal resides in the Applications/Utilities folder.
You can also look for the tiny magnifying glass (AKA Spotlight) in the upper right of your display menu bar. Click on the magnifying glass and then type in 'terminal' and a list of items should show up. Just click on the Terminal application and it will launch.
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Jan 31, 2014 4:53 PM in response to eh1255by CobraX,Thank you for the info about using drutil eject. I had the same issue here, with it not allowing any disc beyond half way, after using drutil eject with the disc as far in as I could get it, I can now put discs in once again. It's not quite as good as it once was, I really have to push discs into the drive now, almost forcing it in, but that's a huge improvement from not being able to use it at all, so thank you!
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Feb 2, 2014 5:13 PM in response to CobraXby zappymx,suppose your prob was "mechanical".. here my iMac Cd-Dvd drive never worked again, and an external reader was installed. "my" problem was software, hot hardware , failure in the original reader
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Feb 6, 2014 4:39 PM in response to CaoYongby whelanska,I thought I had a defective disc drive on my Mid-2010 iMac because the computer wouldn't suck any disc into the slot. Tried a brand new Microsoft Office DVD and it just sat there, didn't even trigger the drive at all.
Then I read CaoYong's advice to push harder than feels comfortable. I put some force behind it and after a second I felt it slide in and load up on my screen. Definitely felt weird, like I was going to break something, but it worked.
In my case it had been over two years since I had used the disc drive, so I'm guessing a ton of dust/debris accumulated in the drive, especially since I did some remodeling around the house.
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Feb 13, 2014 4:57 AM in response to eh1255by marconist,Mechanical blocking occurs in my alu Intel iMac 2008 (Mavericks) when I insert an old fashioned audio CD with copyprotection.
Never mind whether I want to play or rip it through Itunes or other programs.
Using drutil solves the problem of blocking. The specific CD however cannot be played on the iMac.
The drive concerned is the standard build-in superdrive.
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Jul 16, 2014 6:38 PM in response to pairAdiceby brianafm,This worked for me too! I tried the reset, pressing eject, credit card, and the drutil eject method alone. Took 4 tries but finally got it to work
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Jul 24, 2014 2:21 AM in response to eh1255by foulfa,I had exactly the same problem. I tried EVERYTHING that I found as a solution in many different forums and nothing. Eventually, I put my mind to work. Since, I cleaned the lenses and it is still not working and since the cd goes only 1/3 in and other users say that for them in goes 3/4 or 1/2, then... the superdrive tray didn't "rest" in the right position. So what I did and it work and I totally recommend it if nothing else works for you, is:
1. I went to "terminal" and typed "drutil eject", didn't press enter yet.2. broke a blank cd (credit cars are small for that) in half and put it in as much as I could
3. pressed enter on terminal and simultaneously start moving the cd around
4. I did that for several minutes, the tray might not go to the right position immediately... but eventually it will!
I hope this helps someone in the future!