Problem  

Bug ID: 4966284 

You cannot eject a CDROM from the CDROM drive. This problem occurs because the fam daemon holds onto the CDROM device so that the file manager cannot unmount the device and eject the CDROM.

Solution  

Perform the following steps to eject a CDROM from the CDROM drive: 

1. Log in as root.

2. Open a terminal window.

3. Execute the following command: pkill fam

4. Execute the following command: eject cdrom