I have a DVD stuck in my Mac Pro laptop. I can't access the drive to eject it. There is a rainbow circle icon that just keeps spinning on the screen.

I have a DVD stuck in my laptop. There is a rainbow circle icon on the screen that keeps spinning. I can't access the eject DVD in the toolbar. How do I get it out of the DVD drive?

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4278382
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18074621#18074621
http://computers.tutsplus.com/tutorials/quick-tip-how-to-force-eject-a-stuck-dis c--mac-31662
http://guides.macrumors.com/Force_Eject_a_Stuck_CD_or_DVD

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Good solution.
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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1265053
http://www.tuaw.com/2008/06/23/mac-101-get-that-stuck-disc-out-of-your-mac/

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this is a message from my mac.
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 1151724 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          3
Anonymous UUID:                    ECF28484-9BA1-43C5-B7CF-70087794A780
Fri Aug 24 09:00:27 2012
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2abf6a): Kernel trap at 0x00279ece, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0xff000014, CR3: 0x522e2000, CR4: 0x00000660
EAX: 0x0bccc43c, EBX: 0xff000000, ECX: 0x08eb8b7c, EDX: 0x0330c3e8
CR2: 0xff000014, EBP: 0x6115bde8, ESI: 0x001fb000, EDI: 0x00000000
EFL: 0x00010286, EIP: 0x00279ece, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x03350010
Error code: 0x00000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x6115bbd8 : 0x21b837 (0x5dd7fc 0x6115bc0c 0x223ce1 0x0)
0x6115bc28 : 0x2abf6a (0x59e3d0 0x279ece 0xe 0x59e59a)
0x6115bd08 : 0x2a1a78 (0x6115bd20 0x1 0x6115bde8 0x279ece)
0x6115bd18 : 0x279ece (0xe 0x2c970048 0x61150010 0x10)
0x6115bde8 : 0x258575 (0xbccc43c 0x1fb000 0x0 0x1)
0x6115bf38 : 0x2ab83c (0x8c35ebc 0x709fb000 0x7fff 0x1)
0x6115bfc8 : 0x2a18da (0x85a04c4 0x0 0x10 0x85a04c4)
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: automount
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386
System model name: MacPro3,1 (Mac-F42C88C8)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 1217906594287
unloaded kexts:
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Model: MacPro3,1, BootROM MP31.006C.B05, 8 processors, Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 3 GHz, 4 GB, SMC 1.25f4
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600, PCIe, 256 MB
Memory Module: global_name
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 0 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet 2, Ethernet, en1
PCI Card: ATI Radeon HD 2600, sppci_displaycontroller, Slot-1
Serial ATA Device: ST3320820AS_P, 298.09 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-00A7B0, 465.76 GB
Serial ATA Device: WDC WD5000AAKS-00D2B0, 465.76 GB
Parallel ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A
USB Device: Hub, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x911c, 0xfd400000 / 3
USB Device: Apple Cinema HD Display, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x921c, 0xfd420000 / 6
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2503, 0xfd300000 / 2
USB Device: KEYBOARD, 0x4320, 0x0302, 0xfd330000 / 5
USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x0304, 0xfd310000 / 4
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller, 0x05ac (Apple Inc.), 0x8206, 0x5d200000 / 2
FireWire Device: built-in_hub, Up to 800 Mb/sec
FireWire Device: unknown_device, Unknown

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