>> More information: TDE handles a HAL eject and a TDEHWLib
>> eject the exact same way, via a call to kdeeject, which then calls
>> eject.  As eject used to rely on HAL, I would not be a bit surprised if
>> the
>> 'eject' binary is broken on Slackware 14 (the ioctl errors would support
>> this
>> hypothesis).
>
> At this point I don't think eject is broken. As mentioned in a previous
> post, eject and icon disappearance is working on Slackware 14 with Xfce
> 4.10 and KDE 4.8.5. More, Slackware 14 is being heavily tested by many
> people and nobody is reporting breakage with eject.

Can you try using kdeeject from the command line on your CD drive to see
if it works at all?

Thanks!

Tim