Optical Drive Not Detected

gabe.benson · 2011-08-16 00:26:40

Hey all,

I'm running Arch x86_64 with Gnome, fresh install, and for some reason my optical drive isn't detected. I know the drive works, as I can boot to cd's and the likes, however, the drive doesn't automount, and in fact isn't detected at all (so it seems to me, at least) within the session.

I could really use some help, and will gladly provide any information needed. Thanks in advance!

karol · 2011-08-16 00:41:45

I don't know anything about automounting, but Arch doesn't provide /dev/cdrom links anymore, just /dev/sr0 - maybe that's the problem? Have you tried mounting manually using /dev/sr0 as the device?

What's the output of

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info

Last edited by karol (2011-08-16 00:47:31)

gabe.benson · 2011-08-16 01:07:17

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info wrote:

cat: /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info: No such file or directory

fsckd · 2011-08-16 01:13:00

dmesg | grep CD
If that doesn't output anything about CD drives, your kernel isn't detecting it.

gabe.benson · 2011-08-16 01:16:59

dmesg | grep CD wrote:

[ 0.000000] C0000-CDFFF write-protect
[ 0.611549] system 00:0a: Plug and Play ACPI device, IDs ICD0001 PNP0c02 (active)

So it seems it's detecting the drive at least? Or am I wrong?

fsckd · 2011-08-16 01:18:56

no, I don't think your kernel detects your optical drive

gabe.benson · 2011-08-16 01:21:56

Any idea how I could correct this? Thanks for the help!

cesura · 2011-08-16 06:05:07

Can you give any information on the brand/model of the drive?

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