Arch Linux

mango

Member

Registered: 2007-04-27

Posts: 29

Problems with dvd-drive

Hi.

I have a Lite-on cd/dvd-drive, which writes and reads discs. About a week ago i tried to burn a dvd, and noticed that my drive is not detected by Brasero. I tried other programs, and same thing with them (gnomebaker detected my drive, but it did not manage to burn).

Then I tried to read some dvds, but i noticed that my drive doesn't read cds or dvds anymore. I don't know if this problem has been since i changed to arch, because i don't use my drive so much.

Dmesg says next:

sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0

So I believe that my drive is detected by the system, but some drivers or configs are failing. I tried to change my fstab and added myself to optical- and storage-groups, but no difference. What else I can do to find and solve the problem?

I Also found out, that i can't use usb mass storage devices. According to dmesg, usb storages are detected, but i can't see them anywhere.

scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

ps. How can i change ide-scsi to ide-cd for my dvd/cd-drive?

Last edited by mango (2007-06-18 14:12:56)

FUBAR

Member

From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

Website

Re: Problems with dvd-drive

What happens if you put a CD into the drive and mount it as root? Can you read the contents?

mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cd

---

A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk I have a workstation.

mango

Member

Registered: 2007-04-27

Posts: 29

Re: Problems with dvd-drive

When I 'mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/cd, i get 'media not found'.

FUBAR

Member

From: Belgium

Registered: 2004-12-08

Posts: 1,029

Website

Re: Problems with dvd-drive

Do you have more than one drive in the computer? When it says "media not found" either you really have no media in the drive or the drive is simply dead.

---

A bus station is where a bus stops.
A train station is where a train stops.
On my desk I have a workstation.

mango

Member

Registered: 2007-04-27

Posts: 29

Re: Problems with dvd-drive

I have only one drive, which both reads and writes. The drive is not dead, since i can boot from LiveCd.

Edit: Apparently I can't use LiveCds no more, or boot from any cds. So I think my drive is busted

Last edited by mango (2007-06-27 19:00:44)

hybrid

Member

Registered: 2007-02-05

Posts: 262

Re: Problems with dvd-drive

What does `mount /dev/sdX0 ...' (in case you have a SATA drive), or `mount /dev/scdX' ...' for a SCSI drive say?