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Old 11-09-2003, 07:14 PM   #1
wilsonpa
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Angry I can't figure out how to get my DVD mounted!


I am running RH 9

Just installed MPlayer and wanted to take a look at a DVD but I can't get my system to recognize my drive as DVD!

The hardware browser in system tool see it (Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAPIModel DVD-115 0114) but when I go to a term window and type mount, this is what I see:

/dev/hdc2 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=pw)

When I log in as root, try typing "mount /dev/dvd" I am told "mount: can't find /dev/dvd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"

How do I get the system to see the drive as DVD?

Any and all help greatly appreciated!

PW
 
Old 11-09-2003, 10:16 PM   #2
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ln /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd -s

that will link cd-rom to dvd device where mplayer always looks
 
Old 11-09-2003, 10:23 PM   #3
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Quote:
/dev/hdc2 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/cdrom on /mnt/cdrom type udf (ro,nosuid,nodev,user=pw)

When I log in as root, try typing "mount /dev/dvd" I am told "mount: can't find /dev/dvd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab"
well, obviously u can mount /mnt/cdrom, it's there but there is no /mnt/dvd; of course u cant mount it!
if u mount /mnt/cdrom, does it mount ur dvd drive or is it a different drive?

i have this on my system:
none /mnt/dvd supermount dev=/dev/scd1,fs=udf:iso9660,ro,--,user,suid,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

my dvd drive is firewire, so u might have to change /dev/scd1 to ur dvd drive settings
supermount will make your life a bit easier

personally i use totem to read dvds, its excellent and anyway mplayer doesnt mount my dvds...
 
Old 11-10-2003, 11:52 AM   #4
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Thanks for the help!

Question though - drive is the same drive. Where would I put the line you provided me? And, since it is the same drive, do I just simply replace /scd1 in yoru line with /hdd?

Thanks!

PW
 
Old 11-10-2003, 12:24 PM   #5
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Thanks exodist - but I am so green I'm not sure where to put:
ln /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd -s
I have tried in both fstab and mtab with no luck. Can you spell it out for me!

At your mercy.

PW
 
Old 11-10-2003, 01:17 PM   #6
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you dont need to mount dvds to watch them, they dont work like that..

what he means is froma command prompt type

ln /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd -s

assuming you have only one cdrom and that is the dvd drive
 
Old 11-10-2003, 01:40 PM   #7
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Thanks!

When I try this I get: ln: `/dev/dvd': File exists

Any additional insight would be great.

PW
 
Old 11-10-2003, 02:00 PM   #8
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then your ok, just put your dvd in and press play, make sure its pointing to /dev/dvd in mplayer config, else su to root, and rm -rf /dev/dvd and try ln /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd -s again
 
Old 11-10-2003, 02:52 PM   #9
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try to mount it as /dev/scd0 (to use with the mplayer
 
Old 11-10-2003, 02:57 PM   #10
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using /dev/scd0 will only work if you have ide-scsi on the drive, which i doubt he will
 
Old 11-10-2003, 03:59 PM   #11
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not really u r not going to mount it ,u will use the settings on the mplayer or xine to get the software to mount the dvd (that's why we have the scsi emulation)
my lapbox work's perfectly like that with xine
but if i mount the /dev/scd0 before using the software when u click the dvd button (this is when it will mount the dvd for ya) i get an error message.
see...even knoppix linux have scsi emulation but when i m booting from the cd i have to:
knoppix noscsi (because i do not have scsi hardware and to avoid a crash).
it's a combo drive so if u have a cdrom burner and a dvd it maybe different.
 
Old 11-10-2003, 04:01 PM   #12
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ah, but you dont NEED scsi emulation for dvd, i dont use it for dvd
 
Old 11-10-2003, 05:09 PM   #13
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Thanks to you ALL - I am looking @ the menu for Gladiator!!

New problem. There is no sound. Soundcard is recognised by my system (annoying phone rings when I get mail), but not by MPlayer. Guess I have a few miles to go.

LOVE THIS SITE - no one is an island. Thanks for not voting me off.

PW
 
Old 11-10-2003, 09:08 PM   #14
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did u run the mixer app to make sure pcm and cd volume sliders are all the way up
 
Old 11-10-2003, 09:10 PM   #15
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Finally got MPlayer setup (just my misconfig on the Audio tab in MPlayer).

Thanks!
 
  


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