Bug 429667

Summary:	Set dev.cdrom.autoclose=0 by default to prevent optical drive tray from automatically closing, which makes removing a disc very difficult
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Nate Graham <nate>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427174
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nate Graham 2020-11-26 03:36:24 UTC

I installed Neon on my only hardware with an optical drive to test Bug 427174 with the Disks & Device applet, which is about the optical drive tray auto-closing when ejecting a disc from the applet.

I discovered that the issue in question was not an issue with the applet but rather deeper in the distro configuration: running `sysctl -w dev.cdrom.autoclose=0` fixed the issue of the tray auto-closing, so I am wondering if it would make sense to ship this way by default in Neon.

See also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Optical_disc_drive#Disc_tray_autocloses

Comment 1 Carlos De Maine 2025-09-20 09:36:04 UTC

Thank you for your bug report! 
However this bug report was created/provided previous to 01/01/2023 and also has not received any updates since  before 01/01/2025. 
Unfortunately KDE neon no longer provides updates for anything older than noble 24.04 based edition's.
Please upgrade to KDE neon noble and if you can reproduce the issue after upgrading to an active version, feel free to re-open this bug report.
Thanks for understanding!