ubuntu dapper does not open dvd

shivkumar · 07-10-2006, 02:15 PM

can you make anything of this info : clicked on applications>debian>Apps>System>Disks Admin

right clicked the CD Rom sign and it shows samsung CDRW/DVD SM-352F
/dev/hdd

General Information

Type: CD-Rom
device: /dev/hdd
Speed: Not Available
Status: No Disc installed.

This when my dvd is installed. already downloaded W32codecs and libdvdcss2.

is there any changes i shd make in the config and if so how?
sk

Quote:Originally Posted by xpromisex
The "file exists" error is my fault. In both cases reverse the /dev/cdrom and /dev/dvd so that it looks like this:

ln -s /dev/dvd /dev/cdrom

Sorry about that!

Quote:

Originally Posted by AzrielMacKay

I didnt like the way ubuntu/kubuntu made you use sudo for everything. The trick is to do a sudo passwd root. That will let you make a password for root, and afterwards you will have a normal root login. You said its a data disk. What does it do when you try to mount /dvd? (Mountpoint dvd has to exist-mkdir /dvd). MC (midnight commander) is good for looking at where a symlink currently points and editing it. Install mc if its not already there, cd to /dev, run mc and then highlight /dev/dvd and look at the bottom and see where it is pointing. If it doesnt point to the same place /dev/cdrom points to hit cnrl-x cntrl-s and you cant edit it.

xpromisex · 07-10-2006, 06:48 PM

I'm really not sure, as I have never had any problem similar problem like this....I will look at it more this evening though. (Figured I would give you a reason for a delayed real response)

shivkumar · 07-11-2006, 02:09 AM

thanx. will wait
sk

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

I'm really not sure, as I have never had any problem similar problem like this....I will look at it more this evening though. (Figured I would give you a reason for a delayed real response)

xpromisex · 07-11-2006, 10:26 AM

what related items do you have in /dev? Related would be /dev/dvd,/dev/cdrom,/dev/cdrecorder etc. Post all of the ones in there, please, as it seems to me that there may be an incorrect symlink or something. Also do you have two cd drives (or dvd drives)? What may have happened is that the symlink to /dev/dvd is pointed to the incorrect cdrom drive. Also -if you have two drives please see if you can't identify which /dev entry correlates to which drive. Hopefully this information will help. Thanks!

shivkumar · 07-12-2006, 02:55 AM

cdrom, cdrw, dvd, hda, hda1, hda2, hda5, hda6, hda7, hda8, hdd,

I have just one samsung combo cdr dvd drive installed.

DVD properties: location - /dev
link target /dev/hdd

should i change the link target and if so how?
sk

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

what related items do you have in /dev? Related would be /dev/dvd,/dev/cdrom,/dev/cdrecorder etc. Post all of the ones in there, please, as it seems to me that there may be an incorrect symlink or something. Also do you have two cd drives (or dvd drives)? What may have happened is that the symlink to /dev/dvd is pointed to the incorrect cdrom drive. Also -if you have two drives please see if you can't identify which /dev entry correlates to which drive. Hopefully this information will help. Thanks!

xpromisex · 07-14-2006, 10:16 AM

I'm not sure, but try deleting /dev/dvd and recreating it pointing to /dev/cdrom.

Also please post your /etc/fstab for me. May help a bit.

I'm grasping at straws here, and I'm not going to lie - I'm not exactly sure what is wrong here, but It's looking like the OS is seeing the drive as one drive with three functions - cdrom, cdrw and dvd - and has symlinked them accordingly. I think that the symlink may be correct (the way I asked you to change it would work too), but I think your fstab will help.

shivkumar · 07-14-2006, 01:37 PM

how to post /etc/fstab. tried searching this but its not happening
sk

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

I'm not sure, but try deleting /dev/dvd and recreating it pointing to /dev/cdrom.

Also please post your /etc/fstab for me. May help a bit.

I'm grasping at straws here, and I'm not going to lie - I'm not exactly sure what is wrong here, but It's looking like the OS is seeing the drive as one drive with three functions - cdrom, cdrw and dvd - and has symlinked them accordingly. I think that the symlink may be correct (the way I asked you to change it would work too), but I think your fstab will help.

shivkumar · 07-14-2006, 01:50 PM

here's the fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0 1
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 reiserfs defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

Quote:

Originally Posted by shivkumar

how to post /etc/fstab. tried searching this but its not happening
sk

xpromisex · 07-14-2006, 02:15 PM

Change this line in your fstab:

Code:

/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

to this:

Code:

 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/dvd0 udf user,noauto 0 0

and do this in a terminal:
[code]sudo mkdir /media/dvd0[code]

Insert a dvd, and attempt to mount the drive with

Code:

 mount /media/dvd0

What happens?

shivkumar · 07-15-2006, 01:17 AM

I cannot save the new fstab file. I get this message

Could not save the file /etc/fstab.

You do not have the permissions necessary to save the file. Please, check that you typed the location correctly and try again.

sk

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

Change this line in your fstab:

Code:

/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

to this:

Code:

 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/dvd0 udf user,noauto 0 0

and do this in a terminal:
[code]sudo mkdir /media/dvd0[code]

Insert a dvd, and attempt to mount the drive with

Code:

 mount /media/dvd0

What happens?

xpromisex · 07-15-2006, 12:21 PM

It needs to be edited as root.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and save from there.

shivkumar · 07-16-2006, 03:23 AM

but it cannot be saved. the window just shuts down and when i run the command again I the same old values.

sk

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

It needs to be edited as root.

sudo nano /etc/fstab

and save from there.

xpromisex · 07-16-2006, 10:10 AM

If you use nano, to save hit Ctrl+X. It will prompt you to save, say yes, and then close.

shivkumar · 07-16-2006, 01:05 PM

after altering fstab this is what i got:

shivkumar@shivkumar-desktop:~$ [code]sudo mkdir /media/dvd0[code]
bash: [code]sudo: command not found
shivkumar@shivkumar-desktop:~$ sudo mkdir /media/dvd0
mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/dvd0': File exists
shivkumar@shivkumar-desktop:~$ mount /media/dvd0
mount: No medium found
shivkumar@shivkumar-desktop:~$

__________________________________

new fstab is as under:

Quote:

Originally Posted by xpromisex

If you use nano, to save hit Ctrl+X. It will prompt you to save, say yes, and then close.

xpromisex · 07-16-2006, 05:26 PM

I'm not exactly sure. Does this drive work as a DVD drive in any other OS?