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Bug 640916 - Wishlist: Add the ability to lock / un-lock cd-rom / dvd-rom drives / other ejectable media
Wishlist: Add the ability to lock / un-lock cd-rom / dvd-rom drives / other e...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-disk-utility
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.30.x
Other Linux
: High critical
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Assigned To: gnome-disk-utility-maint
gnome-disk-utility-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-01-29 22:09 UTC by darran
Modified: 2012-11-17 02:30 UTC
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Description darran 2011-01-29 22:09:39 UTC 
Disk Utility lacks door lock/unlock button for CD/DVD drives 

I can lock my keyboard/mouse through the shutdown utility. But I can't lock my CD/DVD door from the disk utility. This is an oversight. Some people want this feature to protect the drive from their 2 year olds. I just want it because I move my laptop around all the time while it's on. The eject switch is right where one would normally grasp the laptop's edge and so the door constantly pops open. Please add a button/indicator in the Disk Utility GUI next to the eject button so I can lock/unlock my CD/DVD door. Thx.

Disk Utility 2.30.1 under Lucid

Taken from:


https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-disk-utility/+bug/607320
Comment 1 David Zeuthen (not reading bugmail) 2012-11-17 02:30:24 UTC 
Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. I think your feature request makes sense but I don't think it's a good idea to add it to the Disks application. I would suggest to instead write a GNOME Shell extension to do this. See https://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions