[SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 19:38:35

Arch is failing to recognize DVDs/CDs when I insert them into my computer. The DVD/CD does not show up on my desktop or anywhere else in my file system. Any help would be great! Thank you!

Last edited by czechman86 (2008-05-27 01:02:17)

czar · 2008-05-26 19:44:24

you need to mount them. They can be automounted with a daemon called HAL. search the wiki for more info

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 19:55:39

czar wrote:

you need to mount them. They can be automounted with a daemon called HAL. search the wiki for more info

alright, i checked it out and it looks like all i need to do is make a slight alteration to my /etc/fstab.

it says that "if inserted CDs/DVDs are not recognized by hal (no icon on the desktop), check the /etc/fstab and remove the lines for the optical drives." which line would i remove from my file?

#
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults            0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults            0      0


/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd   udf   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda4 /home ext3 defaults 0 1

I was thinking to remove this one:

/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0

thanks!

LTSmash · 2008-05-26 22:29:04

First read this:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/HAL

czar · 2008-05-26 22:30:07

yea you would remove the line you picked out assuming you read that bit off the HAL wiki. (i didn't read it myself)
make sure its in the daemons line in your rc.conf file also

czechman86 · 2008-05-26 23:56:36

thank you to both of you! the guides were perfect and my cousin was able to walk me through the process, and thus i am now able to watch movies!

tigrmesh · 2008-05-27 00:54:53

Please mark this thread as solved (edit your first post). Thanks.

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#1 2008-05-26 19:38:35

[SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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Re: [SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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Re: [SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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Re: [SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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Re: [SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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Re: [SOLVED] Reading DVDs/CDs

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