Unable to mount drive.

Markness · 04-22-2006, 10:51 PM

From my post on fedora forum:

Ok.

I'm just getting pissy with linux right now. To be honest, I'm thinking of getting rid of it for a second time. I really dont see the point if nothing on my computer can be recognized...

I guess you just have to be some uber leet h4x0r to use this OS. My soundcard wont work, I cant mount my drives to get media from discs, and playing videos wont work. Despite the best troubleshooting on this forum, none of it works.

This is going to be my last attempt to stick with this OS before I totally ditch it. The information I have on these discs are PDF ebooks that will hopefully teach me how to use linux better. I find it ironic I cant even get to them.

So, does anyone have any clue why I cant get to the information stored on these discs?

What I did:

Inserted Disc

Click Computer

Clicked CD-ROM/DVD-ROM Drive

Error: Unable to mount media.
There is probably no media in the drive.

btw im using fedora core 5

billymayday · 04-22-2006, 11:00 PM

2 questions

1. Can you read these on other machines
2. Can you read other disks on this machine

Sounds a bit like a drive problem to me

Markness · 04-22-2006, 11:01 PM

I could read these files on other machines (windows) That's where they were burned to the disc.

Everytime I put another disc in here I get an error.

btw, its a data cd dunno if that'll help.

billymayday · 04-22-2006, 11:27 PM

I don't suppose you have a spare drive you could drop in and test? Did it work prior to installing linux? Try the disk in a machine other than the one you wrote with btw, since I've had problems with "soft" burning before (and that was nothing to do with OS)

Markness · 04-22-2006, 11:29 PM

*sigh**

It worked in the drive just underneath the top one.

I feel dumb

billymayday · 04-22-2006, 11:32 PM

Well at least you're on the way now.

What's up with the sound card?

jineshkj · 04-22-2006, 11:43 PM

hi,

from what you've described above i could find that you're better off with some operating system like windows. i hope you'll find everything that you want in that os. linux is meant for explorers, who never give up on failures.

best of luck, bye...

maggie29 · 04-23-2006, 12:05 AM

Wow. I'm glad not all linux users feel that way.

J.W. · 04-23-2006, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jineshkj

hi,

from what you've described above i could find that you're better off with some operating system like windows. i hope you'll find everything that you want in that os. linux is meant for explorers, who never give up on failures.

best of luck, bye...

Mod note: jineshkj - this sort of attitude really isn't helpful. As the LQ Rules clearly state, "do not post if you have nothing constructive" to say.

As for the soundcard issue, most likely either the necessary kernel module hasn't been loaded automatically by FC5, or perhaps the volume levels are muted (which often is the default). Please post details about your card (make, model). Alternatively, and before ditching Linux, you might want to try a couple of other distros to see if they are more compatible with your needs/preferences. Good luck with it

mista_chewey · 04-23-2006, 12:53 PM

have you patched your kernel with the nfts patch from www.linux-ntfs.org yet?
that seems to be the only thing i got right so far hahaha im slow
and i've installed fedora core 5 for 2weeks now

Markness · 04-23-2006, 01:03 PM

Ok. Here were my soundcard issues I tried to have resolved on the other forums.

Quote:

No problem -- Can you just post the output of these commands:
Code:

Quote:

rpm -q totem-xine totem w32codecs mplayer

Thanks!
Firewing1

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark.B
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 mbenoit]# rpm -q totem-xine totem w32codecs mplayer
package totem-xine is not installed
totem-1.4.0-2
package w32codecs is not installed
package mplayer is not installed
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 mbenoit]#

There we go -- Totem-xine, the package required for media playback isn't installed. You can either re-do the howto to get it installed, or I'll give you a shorter version of it here:
Code:

su - rpm -e totem rhythmbox rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release5.rpm yum install totem-xine rhythmbox libdvdcss libdvdnav libdvdread wget http://dl.atrpms.net/all/w32codec-1....12.at.i386.rpm rpm -Uhv w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm

That should do it... Enjoy!
Firewing1

Still wasnt working....

...soo...

Quote:

es, but it's an older version, so we need the compat-libstdc++-33 package...
Try this:
Code:

su - rpm -e totem yum install compat-libstdc++-33 totem-xine rhythmbox libdvdcss libdvdnav libdvdread If needed, redownlaod w32codec with: wget http://dl.atrpms.net/all/w32codec-1....12.at.i386.rpm rpm -Uhv w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm

Firewing1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark.B
Not sure its working again:

Quote:
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# rpm -e totem rhythembox
error: package rhythembox is not installed
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]#
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# rpm -Uhv http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release5.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release5.rpm
warning: /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.GGKxNO: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID a109b1ec
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-5-4 is already installed
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# yum install totem-xine rhythmbox libdvdcss libdvdnav libdvdread
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna [1/4]
livna 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
core [2/4]
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates [3/4]
updates 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
extras [4/4]
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 118 kB 00:00
livna : ################################################## 310/310
Added 1 new packages, deleted 0 old in 0.70 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 63 kB 00:00
updates : ################################################## 203/203
Added 0 new packages, deleted 197 old in 0.71 seconds
primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 933 kB 00:01
extras : ################################################## 2610/2610
Added 5 new packages, deleted 0 old in 4.59 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package libdvdread.i386 0:0.9.4-4.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package libdvdcss.i386 0:1.2.9-2.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Downloading header for libdvdnav to pack into transaction set.
libdvdnav-0.1.10-2.lvn5.i 100% |=========================| 3.8 kB 00:00
---> Package libdvdnav.i386 0:0.1.10-2.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package totem-xine.i386 0:1.4.0-1.lvn5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: totem-xine conflicts totem
--> Processing Dependency: libxine.so.1 for package: totem-xine
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package xine-lib.i386 0:1.1.1-6.lvn5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.6(CDIO_6) for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: vcdimager >= 0.7.23 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Conflict: totem-xine conflicts totem
--> Processing Dependency: libmodplug.so.0 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libiso9660.so.4 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libdirect-0.9.so.24 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libcdio.so.6 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libaa.so.1 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libdirectfb-0.9.so.24 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libavcodec.so.51 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libfusion-0.9.so.24 for package: xine-lib
--> Processing Dependency: libvcdinfo.so.0(VCDINFO_0) for package: xine-lib
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package libcdio.i386 0:0.76-2.fc5 set to be updated
---> Package directfb.i386 0:0.9.24-5.fc5 set to be updated
---> Package aalib.i386 0:1.4.0-0.rc5.7 set to be updated
---> Package libmodplug.i386 1:0.8-1.fc5 set to be updated
---> Package ffmpeg.i386 0:0.4.9-0.21.20051228.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package vcdimager.i386 0:0.7.23-2.lvn5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: libImlib2.so.1 for package: ffmpeg
--> Processing Conflict: totem-xine conflicts totem
--> Processing Dependency: libfaac.so.0 for package: ffmpeg
--> Processing Dependency: liba52.so.0 for package: ffmpeg
--> Processing Dependency: libmp3lame.so.0 for package: ffmpeg
--> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg
--> Processing Dependency: libgsm.so.1 for package: ffmpeg
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.0-8.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package imlib2.i386 0:1.2.1-5.fc5 set to be updated
---> Package gsm.i386 0:1.0.10-10.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package faac.i386 0:1.24-4.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package a52dec.i386 0:0.7.4-9.lvn5 set to be updated
---> Package lame.i386 0:3.96.1-5.lvn5 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Conflict: totem-xine conflicts totem
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: totem-xine conflicts with totem
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# wget http://dl.atrpms.net/all/w32codec-1...-12.at.i386.rpm
--14:16:50-- http://dl.atrpms.net/all/w32codec-1...-12.at.i386.rpm
=> `w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm'
Resolving dl.atrpms.net... 160.45.32.86
Connecting to dl.atrpms.net|160.45.32.86|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 13,342,985 (13M) [application/x-rpm]

100%[====================================>] 13,342,985 552.92K/s ETA 00:00

14:17:17 (491.12 KB/s) - `w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm' saved [13342985/13342985]

[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]# rpm -Uhv w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm
warning: w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b
error: Failed dependencies:
libstdc++.so.5 is needed by w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386
libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2) is needed by w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386 libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2) is needed by w32codec-1.0_20050412-12.at.i386
[root@cpe-24-195-24-133 ~]#

Im guessing I need libstdc++.so.5

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Hmmm... Rhythmbox needs to be removed first:
Code:

su - rpm -e rhythmbox rpm -e totem yum install compat-libstdc++-33 totem-xine rhythmbox libdvdcss libdvdnav libdvdread

Quote:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark.B
Quote:
The volume control did not find any elements and/or devices to control. This means either that you don't have the right GStreamer plugins installed, or that you don't have a sound card configured.

You can remove the volume control from the panel by right-clicking the speaker icon on the panel and selecting "Remove From Panel" from the menu.

Thats the error I get at the top right of my screen when I click on the speaker icon. Aside from that, totem loads, so does the other player for music but it still wont play the files. Any clue? Or maybe it will and I just cant hear them yet.

it seems that either (as the message says) gstreamer wasn't installed with your Fedora installation or your soundcard isn't working that well... Do other sounds play? Either way, let's see if your soundcard is detected:
Code:

su - yum install system-config-soundcard system-config-soundcard

If you turn on your speakers and click "Play test sound" do you hear anything?
Next, let's make sure Gstreamer is working OK:
Code:

su - yum install gstreamer08-plugins gstreamer08-plugins-extra-08-dvd gstreamer gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer08-ffmpeg gstreamer08-plugins-extra-08-audio gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-tools gstreamer08 gstreamer08-plugins-extra-08-video gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-base

Reboot, and try again...
Firewing1

My current state. I got the volume icon to work at the top right and I can actually play media files and toggle the volume. I just can't hear anything. I have a ViewSonic with speakers built in and a wire that goes straight to the soundcard, and I even tried some older altec lansings.