Hi Guys!

I have Fedora Core 3 installed on an older inspiron laptop. Initially I could mount a DVD, but couldn't play it and couldn't mount audio CDs. Then I did a yum update on everything and was able to play everything but DVDs. I installed libdvdcss, libdvdread, libdvdplay, etc.; but it still won't work. When I put a dvd in the drive spins up, but stays lit forever. If you try to mount it or play it then, you get a no media present type error. I have been trying to play them with Totem, but am thinking its a bigger problem than totem since I can't even mount 'em. I would appreciate any help!! Thanks!

how do you mount the drive? Perhaps, it's just permission problem...

I'm pretty sure it happens as root to. I've tried the automount and 'mount /media/cdrom ' from the command line.

/media/cdrom is just a link to actual device.
Try mounting /dev/"your device" after setting
$chmod 666 /dev/"your device"

Sounds Like a physical drive or disc problem. Have you cleaned the drives recently? I have seen DVD drive fail to read DVDs as they get older with no problem reading CDs.

Thomas

Are you using udev or devfs? What programs are you using to read/write?

To watch a DVD movie, you don't need to mount it. If it's a data disk, you do.