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I am looking for a Gnome panel applet which can open and close the dvd/cd tray , I am on Ubuntu 11.04 and use Gnome Classic desktop environment.

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I do not know any applet capable of triggering the cd tray, but you can add a custom launcher as applet.

  1. Choose "Custom Application Launcher" from the "Add to Panel" menu.
  2. Set "Type:" to "Application in Terminal"
  3. Choose a name.
  4. Write eject -T in the "Command" field.
  5. Click OK and try it.

This should work, but I could not test it, since I do not have a cd drive.

For detailed information about this command, type man eject in a terminal.

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This closes the tray if* it is open, I need an applet that can do both, like open the tray if it close or close it if is open? – jsandhu Jan 19 '12 at 9:41
Sorry, try an uppercase "T": eject -T – jasperado Jan 19 '12 at 9:57
This works :), Thanks a lot!! – jsandhu Jan 19 '12 at 11:11
wonder where I can find an icon for it... – jsandhu Jan 19 '12 at 11:17
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found it... added this icon here: openclipart.org/image/250px/svg_to_png/34543/drive-optical.png, looks damn cool :D – jsandhu Jan 19 '12 at 11:35

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