[solved] mount CD/DVD

JaDa · 2007-06-28 17:58:56

This is my problem

the DVD only shows up in "system:/media/sr0

not in

or in

My DVD Player, and also MP3 Player can't find the DVD. The Error,

no media found in "/media"

I have two DVD one DVDRom and one DVD +-RW DL Burner

so far there is no problem with K3B to burn a DVD or CD.

This Error is related to Amarok, Kaffeine, XMMS, Gxine and another players. They don't find the DVD or CD.

vi /etc/rc.conf
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hwd network netfs kdm dbus hal crond)

What do I missing?

Last edited by JaDa (2007-06-28 23:53:07)

dolby · 2007-06-28 18:50:30

u're missing the fact that blank media dont get mounted

ndlarsen · 2007-06-28 20:06:00

HAL mounts to /media/devicename per default which partly is why it only shows in /media. IIRC, nether audio CDs nor DVDs needs to bo mounted for playback. The device mount point needs to be defined in /etc/fstab to show elsewhere and needs to be not mounted elsewhere.

Misfit138 · 2007-06-28 21:14:00

ndlarsen wrote:

HAL mounts to /media/devicename per default which partly is why it only shows in /media. IIRC, nether audio CDs nor DVDs needs to bo mounted for playback. The device mount point needs to be defined in /etc/fstab to show elsewhere and needs to be not mounted elsewhere.

I have my dvd/cdrom entries commented out in my fstab, and I let hal handle it completely. Works great.

ndlarsen · 2007-06-28 21:22:08

Misfit138 wrote:

I have my dvd/cdrom entries commented out in my fstab, and I let hal handle it completely. Works great.

Guess I chose the wrong words. I am not saying that JaDa needs to have the mountpoints definded in fstab, I was just trying to explain why the mounted devices showed in /media and not elsewhere. Taking a closer look at the upmost picture I tend to think that dolby got it spot on. It does look like the icon text states "blank something".

JaDa · 2007-06-28 23:52:27

ndlarsen wrote:

Misfit138 wrote:
I have my dvd/cdrom entries commented out in my fstab, and I let hal handle it completely. Works great.
It does look like the icon text states "blank something".

oops, it is blank & jones my test audio CD!

My problem is solved! Thanks for all your ideas!

The most important what I missed was "autofs"! Hal and dbus are not enough!

Install autofs

 pacman -S autofs

then follow this wiki
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AutoFS_HowTo

very important
Edit the file /etc/autofs/auto.master. Delete the existing contents and add the following line:

/media /etc/autofs/auto.media

and take a closer look if you using VI or VIM command on "/media /" it's not "/media/"

If Autofs doesn't automatically unmount your devices (after you finish this wiki), replace last line by :

 /media /etc/autofs/auto.media --timeout 3

you need to add "--timeout 3"

also add the daemon "aufofs" in the "/etc/rc.conf" if you like it at the startup.

The USB devises for digital camera and USB Stick or just changing Musik/Movie CD/DVD just work fine now.

There is no error anymore in Kaffeine or another players

no media found in "/media"

all is works perfect. The Icon's for mounted devises show now up on my desktop (KDE) too!

Misfit138 · 2007-06-29 01:29:49

Glad you got it working!
I have never used autofs, but it seems interesting.

ndlarsen · 2007-06-29 18:19:57

Well, if you are using KDE the HAL/DBUS combo ought to be enough. Works for me atleast. Perhaps there is some faulty configuration somewhere.

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#1 2007-06-28 17:58:56

[solved] mount CD/DVD

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Re: [solved] mount CD/DVD

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