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tredegar 01-07-2007 05:27 AM

Quote:

Put the DVD in. Navigate to /dev/dvd. Are your files there?

Nope
I am not surprised you are frustrated. Sorry I cannot be of help.
...& I'll be sticking with kubuntu!

colucix 01-07-2007 06:06 AM

Have you tried to find a file on the DVD with the find command? It definitively must find it if you are logged in as root and the DVD is mounted somewhere...

lonecrow 01-07-2007 10:09 AM

I dont have any problem browsing the file, it just doesnt give me the absolute path... it tells me media:/sr0 which doesnt exists.... anyway...

tredegar 01-07-2007 10:21 AM

colucix's idea was a good one.
Please try the following, when the DVD is in your drive:
Code:

find / -name nameofafileonyourDVD -print
You might as well do this as root, or you'll get a long list of "Permission denied" errors.
Wait until the command finishes (may take some time!)
Somewhere (hopefully in /dev/*) you should see the full path to your file, and thereby be able to access it.

lonecrow 01-07-2007 03:29 PM

It didnt find the file in question... Under a relevant place I mean...

Code:

find: /media/SYSTEM_BACKUP: Input/output error
find: /var/spool/atspool: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/cups: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/bounce: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/maildrop: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/public: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/defer: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/active: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/saved: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/corrupt: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/hold: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/trace: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/private: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/incoming: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/flush: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/postfix/deferred: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/cron: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/imap: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/amavis: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/clientmqueue: Permission denied
find: /var/spool/atjobs: Permission denied
find: /var/run/cups/certs: Permission denied
find: /var/run/xdmctl/dmctl: Permission denied
find: /var/run/NetworkManager: Permission denied
find: /var/run/wpa_supplicant: Permission denied
find: /var/run/agentx: Permission denied
find: /var/run/quagga: Permission denied
find: /var/run/sudo: Permission denied
find: /var/run/news: Permission denied
find: /var/run/amavis: Permission denied
find: /var/log/krb5: Permission denied
find: /var/log/apache2: Permission denied
find: /var/log/squid: Permission denied
find: /var/log/audit: Permission denied
find: /var/log/gdm: Permission denied
find: /var/log/samba: Permission denied
find: /var/log/apparmor: Permission denied
find: /var/log/quagga: Permission denied
find: /var/log/YaST2: Permission denied
find: /var/cache/apache2: Permission denied
find: /var/cache/squid: Permission denied
find: /var/cache/multipath: Permission denied
find: /var/cache/beagle/.beagle: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/apache2: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/nfs/sm: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/nfs/sm.bak: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/smpppd: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/mailman/archives/private: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/sieve: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/fetchmail: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/acpi: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/mysql/.protected: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/xdm/authdir: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/zypp/db/sources: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/gdm: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/pam_devperm: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/imap: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/xen/save: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/xen/images: Permission denied
find: /var/lib/YaST2/backup_boot_sectors: Permission denied
find: /var/tmp/kdecache-root: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/autoinstall/files: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/autoinstall/init.d: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/autoinstall/cache: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/autoinstall/logs: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/autoinstall/scripts: Permission denied
find: /var/adm/backup: Permission denied
/home/matt/dvds/VIDEO_TS
/home/matt/.local/share/Trash/files/VIDEO_TS
find: /home/lost+found: Permission denied
find: /usr/lib/man-db: Permission denied
find: /usr/lib/bootloader: Permission denied
find: /usr/share/YaST2/data/support: Permission denied
find: /etc/apache2/ssl.key: Permission denied
find: /etc/uucp: Permission denied
find: /etc/cups/ssl: Permission denied
find: /etc/autoinstall: Permission denied
find: /etc/ssl/private: Permission denied
find: /etc/sysconfig/network/providers: Permission denied
find: /etc/skel/Documents: Permission denied
find: /etc/news: Permission denied
find: /sys/kernel/security/apparmor: Permission denied
find: /root: Permission denied
find: /tmp/gconfd-root: Permission denied
find: /tmp/.wine-0: Permission denied
find: /tmp/ksocket-root: Permission denied
find: /tmp/kde-root: Permission denied
find: /proc/tty/driver: Permission denied
find: /proc/1/task/1/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2/task/2/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3/task/3/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4/task/4/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/5/task/5/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/5/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/6/task/6/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/6/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/9/task/9/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/9/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/10/task/10/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/10/fd: Permission denied
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find: /proc/123/task/123/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/123/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/164/task/164/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/164/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/165/task/165/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/165/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/415/task/415/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/415/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/775/task/775/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/775/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/776/task/776/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/776/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/794/task/794/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/794/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/795/task/795/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/795/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/889/task/889/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/889/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/933/task/933/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/933/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1554/task/1554/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1554/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1664/task/1664/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1664/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1704/task/1704/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1704/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1898/task/1898/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1898/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1906/task/1906/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1906/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1948/task/1948/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/1948/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2218/task/2218/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2218/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2604/task/2604/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2604/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2608/task/2608/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2608/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2612/task/2612/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2612/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2633/task/2633/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2633/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2638/task/2638/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2638/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2745/task/2745/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2745/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2746/task/2746/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2746/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2748/task/2748/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2748/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2767/task/2767/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2767/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2948/task/2948/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2948/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2950/task/2950/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2950/task/3268/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2950/task/3288/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2950/task/3494/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2950/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2967/task/2967/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2967/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2987/task/2987/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/2987/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3046/task/3046/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3046/task/3062/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3046/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3051/task/3051/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3051/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3083/task/3083/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3083/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3102/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3103/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3104/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3105/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3106/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3107/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/3108/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/4620/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/4624/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7372/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7643/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7644/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7645/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7646/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7647/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/7648/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/task/8596/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3102/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3121/task/3121/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3121/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3124/task/3124/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3124/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3157/task/3157/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3157/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3183/task/3183/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3183/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3200/task/3200/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3200/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3239/task/3239/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3239/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3250/task/3250/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3250/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3273/task/3273/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3273/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3274/task/3274/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3274/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3286/task/3286/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3286/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3350/task/3350/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3350/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3352/task/3352/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3352/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3374/task/3374/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3374/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3397/task/3397/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3397/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3427/task/3427/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3427/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3429/task/3429/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3429/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3431/task/3431/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3431/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3432/task/3432/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3432/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3434/task/3434/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3434/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3435/task/3435/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3435/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3441/task/3441/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3441/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3483/task/3483/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3483/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3936/task/3936/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/3936/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4208/task/4208/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4208/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4222/task/4222/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4222/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4730/task/4730/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4730/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4731/task/4731/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/4731/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/19915/task/19915/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/19915/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/19917/task/19917/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/19917/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/22793/task/22793/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/22793/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/24473/task/24473/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/24473/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/25281/task/25281/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/25281/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/25974/task/25974/fd: Permission denied
find: /proc/25974/fd: Permission denied
find: /lost+found: Permission denied
matt@AQUARIUS:~>


colucix 01-07-2007 06:52 PM

Code:

find: /media/SYSTEM_BACKUP: Input/output error
Please, look at the very first line of your output. What is this? Have you mounted any other filesystem in the meanwhile? Or is it the DVD you are looking for?

lonecrow 01-07-2007 07:48 PM

Nah thats my external HDD that I was testing something on.


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