dvd-drive not found / not working

X-Tream · 2007-07-06 19:48:41

Well hello there,

First off all: I'm a Linux beginner and i got some problems wich i havent found in the forum yet.
Alright, i bought a new Laptop from an Internetshot and it just arrived today. much is working flawless but there are 2 problems.
First the wireless module dont work but thats harmless. i should have handled it in a few hours
The bigger problem is that my DVD-RW Drive dont work.
I booted from the Arch Linux CD ("0.8") and it started the installer shell. (from where you have to type /arch/setup )
after the boot the dvd-drive wasnt working anymore. i cant choose the sources from CD and there was nothing in /dev.
So i installed the system via ftp/internet. So i end up here and i have no idea what to do. I tried hal and udev but it doesnt worked.

some datas from uname: 2.6.21-ARCH #1 PREEMPT Mon Jun 11 23:47:51 CEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz GenuineIntel
my system:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Prozessor T7300, 2x 2.0 Ghz (Santa Rosa)
2048MB DDR2 PC667 Ram
512MB NVIDIA® Geforce® 8600M GT
160GB harddisk 5400rpm
Intel® 965PM Chip
DVD-RW (8x +/- R/RW) Dual Layer

And I'm running Gnome 2.18.2

Thats all i know. I dont know where to find more informations, so tell me pls

Thanks for your time and help

mucknert · 2007-07-06 22:46:30

So what exactly does not work? Does it not show up on the Desktop when you put in a CD/DVD? Can't you mount it? Also, there are three Setup-CDs. Which one did you use? 0.8 isn't exactly fresh, you know.

Basically, most DVD-RW Drives "just work" without further tinkering. You need to be a little bit more precise of what did not work after the installation.

X-Tream · 2007-07-07 08:28:07

I downloaded the 2007.05 Base version of Arch Linux "Duke"
And the DVD-Drive isn shown up anywhere. neither on desktop nor in /dev
I could post you an startup log if i would know where it is.
I could start the arch linux installer. after the boot and befor the installation there was no dvd drive anymore. like said above.
Well i try to reinstall the system. maybe it works

Edit: I just started Knoppix from DVD and it works. the drive is shown there =/

Edit 2: The Bios Boot menue tells me that it is a 3S-Philips SPD8004P1

Last edited by X-Tream (2007-07-07 08:43:21)

kano · 2007-07-07 08:30:25

could you post the output of dmesg?

X-Tream · 2007-07-07 08:51:32

there is no output after putting in a CD and starting dmesg

kano · 2007-07-07 09:02:22

I mean, after you boot up.. could you do dmesg > dmesg.log and paste it here for us to see?

X-Tream · 2007-07-07 09:08:02

shure thing. wait a sek

Edit: Okay here the log after startup
http://pastebin.ca/607010

Edit2: Here are some other logs i got from knoppix where the drive works flawless (lsmod, lspci and /proc/interrupts/)
http://rafb.net/p/qED3aF27.html
http://pastebin.ca/607220

Last edited by X-Tream (2007-07-07 13:23:21)

X-Tream · 2007-07-09 00:13:00

did someone got a hind or a solution for this problem. i just can think of a missing kernel-module but i have no idea.
I'm rather helpless

Ok i updated to Kernel version 2.6.22 but there is still no dvd-drive

Last edited by X-Tream (2007-07-10 15:53:02)

n8schicht · 2007-07-27 10:17:25

hi!
Is your laptop an LG R500? The specs look just the same as mine
I had to boot from cd with parameter "ide-legacy", then I could access my dvd-drive. It's actually installing right now
try that

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dvd-drive not found / not working

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