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#1 2008-09-10 01:08:48

Pudge
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Registered: 2006-01-23
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[SOLVED}]Can I force dbus/hal to recognize an optical drive?

Just installed Arch 64/Gnome on a computer with a SATA CD/DVD ROM drive, and a SATA CD/DVD RW drive.  BIOS knows about both drives, but dbus/hal does not recognize the CD/DVD ROM drive.  The CD/DVD burner is recognized and works perfectly.  Just for grins, I hooked up an IDE CD/DVD ROM drive so that there are now 3 optical drives connected.  The IDE CD/DVD ROM and the SATA CD/DVD RW are both recognized and work fine.  For some reason the SATA CD/DVD ROM drive is just not recognized.  It is a Lite-On SHC-52S7K.  I have tried everything I can think of to make it work.

Is this simply a case of hardware incompatibility that has no solution except for getting a different drive, or is there a way I can force dbus/hal to recognize the SATA ROM drive?

Thanks.

Pudge

EDIT:  Added [SOLVED] to Subject.

Last edited by Pudge (2008-09-10 02:13:27)

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#2 2008-09-10 02:12:18

Pudge
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Re: [SOLVED}]Can I force dbus/hal to recognize an optical drive?

OK..... I just did a pacman -Syu which included a kernel upgrade, and now it works.  Nautilus incorrectly identifies the drive as a CD-RW/DVD+RW Drive, instead of a CD/DVD ROM.  But hey, it works.

Pudge

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#3 2008-09-12 03:39:23

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Re: [SOLVED}]Can I force dbus/hal to recognize an optical drive?

I can confirm this.  Kernel 2.6.26.5 fixes the problems.

Last edited by Intrepid (2008-09-12 03:44:41)


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#4 2008-10-18 17:57:08

Pudge
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Re: [SOLVED}]Can I force dbus/hal to recognize an optical drive?

This problem is now back kernel26 2.6.27-2

My SATA CD/DVD ROM is no longer recognized.

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