cd/dvd-rom stopped working
 

Hello.

I have a compaq presario r3000 laptop

I'm no computer-expert,so please bear with me.After upgrading to precise pangolin,the dvd-rom stopped working.Using hwinfo I got this output:

47: SCSI 100.0: 10602 CD-ROM
[Created at block.247]
Unique ID: KD9E.Hi+FzP66B7F
Parent ID: RE4e.oO4aRt9oQL5
SysFS ID: /class/block/sr0
SysFS BusID: 1:0:0:0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.0/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0
Hardware Class: cdrom
Model: "LGE CD-ROM"
Vendor: "LGE"
Device:
Driver: "pata_amd", "sr"
Driver Modules: "pata_amd"
Device File: /dev/sr0 (/dev/sg1)
Device Files: /dev/sr0, /dev/cdrom, /dev/cdrw, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-LG_E, /dev/disk/by-path/pci-0000:00:08.0-scsi-1:0:0:0, /dev/dvd
Device Number: block 11:0 (char 21:1)
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #19 (IDE interface)
Drive Speed: 46

Does anyody know what I should do?

When you say Can you explain a little more?

Can you open the drive tray manually?

If you put a know good CD or DVD in and close the tray, do you see the drive light turn on and then off?

Have you tried to mount the drive manually?

Hello,Cliff

So far,I've tried with the commands "eject" and "eject-t" to open the tray,and also I used a command to make it play (wich I have forgotten)If you by "manually" mean physically,there's a button that ejects the tray mechanically.So,opening it is not a problem.It won't even play good cd's,and there's no blinking light when I insert them.

Reidar

So it is music CD's that don't play.

Music CD's are handled differently to data CD's. Music CD's are not mounted as a data CD is. I play music CD's with either VLC or Audacious. You have to configure the application to look at the CD drive. From your first post /dev/cdrom or /dev/sr0 should work.

Is automount installed on your system? My guess is before it was, it may not be after the 'upgrade'.

There are many other applications besides the ones I mentioned that will play an audio CD. Each has its own configuration.

I used the term 'manually' earlier to find out if you had issued a mount command for a data CD or DVD. From your answer, I think not. Automount can be set up to detect the type of media, and use the correct commands to make it run. If you do not have automount installed, then you would have to 'manually' enter commands to do things with the drive.

Automount installed,but how to run it by root?
 

Hello,Cliff,and thanks for your reply.

I've installed automount.Also,I've installed a transitional autofs-package.This is the output I got,when I tried to run automount:

reidar@reidar-Presario-R3200-PA473EA-ABN:~$ automount
automount: this program must be run by root.
reidar@reidar-Presario-R3200-PA473EA-ABN:~$ sudo-s
sudo-s: command not found
reidar@reidar-Presario-R3200-PA473EA-ABN:~$

Reidar

If its Ubuntu; 'sudo automount' ( without the quotes should work )

You will be prompted for the root password, enter it, and press enter. Then the command will run.