[SOLVED] CDROM seems to be there but also seems not to be mounted.
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CDROM seems to be there but also seems not to be mounted.
Hi,
I'm running Suse LEAP 42.2 on a Dell Optiplex with 8Gb RAM
CDROM seems to be physically recognised but I can't mount it!
Code:
cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17
drive name: sr0
drive speed: 125
drive # of slots: 1
Can close tray: 1
Can open tray: 1
Can lock tray: 1
Can change speed: 1
Can select disk: 0
Can read multisession: 1
Can read MCN: 1
Reports media changed: 1
Can play audio: 1
Can write CD-R: 1
Can write CD-RW: 1
Can read DVD: 1
Can write DVD-R: 1
Can write DVD-RAM: 1
Can read MRW: 0
Can write MRW: 0
Can write RAM: 1
but
Code:
sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom
crb999's password:
mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0
If I stick a music cd in then a KDE program 'K3b' tries to play it but it is intermittent and unacceptable.
However, I want to write CDs and DVDs but when I load a blank disk, the program just reports that there isn't a disk there and the mount command gives me
I still would try another os. Also you can check /var/log, probably you can find something related. From my side it looks like it is damaged or was improperly put into the box.
Distribution: openSUSE(Leap and Tumbleweed) and a (not so) regularly changing third and fourth
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K3b does not play music cds. It will try to rip audio from it and it will write files or audio to a cd.
I don't know about other os's but opensuse can't mount or write to a blank cd directly. You need a program to do it. You do it in a terminal or you can use k3b. If you insert a blank cd you should get a prompt to write to it using K3b.
You can use k3b (or others, you already mentioned k3b) to write files (inc mp3) or to create an audio cd. Once a cd has files on it it will be mountable.
Distribution: openSUSE(Leap and Tumbleweed) and a (not so) regularly changing third and fourth
Posts: 627
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Quote:
Originally Posted by petelq
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You can use k3b (or others, you already mentioned k3b) to write files (inc mp3) or to create an audio cd. Once a cd has files on it it will be mountable.
Once a cd is mountable as explained, it will be read-only or you can copy files from it.
I have put a good audio CD in the drive. It's Eric Clapton so it is good from more than one direction!
In a terminal window I executed 'kscd' which opened a CD player on the gui, but it didn't play anything although when I selected 'Play' it looked like it would but came up with the message @Unknown Artist Unknown Album'.
I opened VLC and it reported
Code:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
With VLC, I approached another way and it reported:
Code:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
Now, finding the log is a problem in itself, in fact I've been unable to.
Distribution: openSUSE(Leap and Tumbleweed) and a (not so) regularly changing third and fourth
Posts: 627
Rep:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crb999
I have put a good audio CD in the drive. It's Eric Clapton so it is good from more than one direction!
In a terminal window I executed 'kscd' which opened a CD player on the gui, but it didn't play anything although when I selected 'Play' it looked like it would but came up with the message @Unknown Artist Unknown Album'.
I opened VLC and it reported
Code:
Playback failure:
DVDRead could not open the disc "/dev/sr0".
Your input can't be opened:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
With VLC, I approached another way and it reported:
Code:
VLC is unable to open the MRL 'cdda:///dev/sr0'. Check the log for details.
Now, finding the log is a problem in itself, in fact I've been unable to.
I'm going to try to get a different CD player!
Put your audio cd in again and see if K3B will rip it. At least the system seems to see your player now but can't read your cd/dvd.
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