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MarianoC

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Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 20

[SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

Whe I try to mount a DVD using hal (nothing in /etc/fstab) appears the message:

Method "Mount" with signature "ssas" on interface "org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume" doesn't exist

If I try to mount manually:

# mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom
or
# mount -t udf /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom

I get this message:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error

$ dmesg | tail

attempt to access beyond end of device
sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16
attempt to access beyond end of device
sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
attempt to access beyond end of device
sr0: rw=0, want=1028, limit=4
attempt to access beyond end of device
sr0: rw=0, want=2052, limit=4
UDF-fs: No partition found (1)

$  pacman -Q hal dbus

 hal 0.5.12git20090406.46dc48-2
dbus 1.2.4.4permissive-1

If I use this line in /etc/fstab

/dev/sr0                /media/cdrom  iso9660,udf      ro,user,noauto 0 0

the message is:

mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error

$  ls -l /dev/{c,dv}d*

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 abr 19 20:52 /dev/cdrom -> /dev/cd/cdrom-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 abr 19 20:52 /dev/cdrom0 -> /dev/cd/cdrom-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 abr 19 20:52 /dev/cdrw -> /dev/cd/cdrw-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 abr 19 20:52 /dev/cdrw0 -> /dev/cd/cdrw-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 abr 19 20:52 /dev/dvd -> /dev/cd/dvd-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 abr 19 20:52 /dev/dvd0 -> /dev/cd/dvd-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 abr 19 20:52 /dev/dvdrw -> /dev/cd/dvdrw-4:0:0:0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 abr 19 20:52 /dev/dvdrw0 -> /dev/cd/dvdrw-4:0:0:0

/dev/cd:
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 abr 19 20:40 cdrom-4:0:0:0 -> ../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 abr 19 20:40 cdrw-4:0:0:0 -> ../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 abr 19 20:40 dvd-4:0:0:0 -> ../sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 abr 19 20:40 dvdrw-4:0:0:0 -> ../sr0

My /etc/PolicyKit/PolicyKit.conf

        <match user="mariano">
        <!-- replace with your login or delete the line if you want to allow al$
                <match action="org.freedesktop.hal.storage.*">
                        <return result="yes"/>
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-fixed-extra-options">
                <!-- for internal devices mounted with extra options like a wis$
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
                <match action="hal-storage-mount-removable-extra-options">
                <!-- for external devices mounted with extra options like a wis$
                        <return result="yes" />
                </match>
        </match> <!-- don't forget to delete this line if you deleted the first$

I don't know what is wrong, CDs works fine..

Thanks for your help, and sorry by my english.

Bye.

Last edited by MarianoC (2009-05-17 13:13:10)

Wilco

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Registered: 2008-11-09

Posts: 440

Re: [SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

attempt to access beyond end of device
sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4
isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16

Can mean that:

1. Your DVD player cannot read that specific DVD. Had a similar problem once with some brand of DVDs that my NEC burner could not read but worked perfect on my LG burner.
2. It is not a iso9660 or udf filesystem.

MarianoC

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Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

Hi. I don't think that the problem is that DVD, because I tried with a lot of DVDs and the result was the same. The DVDs works fine in Debian (it's in another partition) and in Windows (from my job)....

Today when I turn on the PC with DVD inside, It was mounted. When I tried with another DVD, the problem started again...

quarK

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From: Karlsruhe, Germany

Registered: 2008-02-22

Posts: 39

Re: [SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

Hi!

Same here with Thinkpad R61.

MarianoC

Member

Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

I still have the problem. Recently I installed Windows 7 RC to see if the dvds works fine in my machine with another O.S., and it worked perfectly...I don't know where is the problem.

MarianoC

Member

Registered: 2008-10-16

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Hal problem - I can't mount DVDs

Solved!! It had nothing to do with archlinux....I only had to update the firmware of my DVD-RW drive and now everything works fine.

My dvd drive is: Sony aw-q170a (a NEC drive actually). The soft to do the update is here: http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/download/1 … wingui.zip (win version), and the firmwares are here: http://sony.storagesupport.com/ or here: http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-5170A/

Thanks for your help. Bye.

Last edited by MarianoC (2009-05-17 13:12:48)