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tctovsli

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Registered: 2009-10-27

Posts: 14

Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

I don't know how long this has been going on, but I discovered today that my arch installation doesn't like CDs.
When I insert a empty CD-R, GNOME asks me if I want to burn it. If I insert a CD with content, either a CD-R or an "original" CD, nothing happens, no entries from dmesg, nothing. The drive spins up, but nothing more.

Am I the only one with this problem? How can I fix this?

JohnVV

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From: Ann Arbor, Mi. U.S.A.

Registered: 2009-09-30

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Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

i take it you are using Gnome ? or is it KDE ?
have you set it in the gnome settings ?
in gnome hit
edit /preferences
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tctovsli

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Registered: 2009-10-27

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Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

My settings looked like the screenshot you posted, so it's weird it doesn't work. No icon appears on the desktop or in Nautilus when inserting CD.

kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

could you able to mount the cd from command line?. If so iirc that is related to sym link creation problem with udev.

tctovsli

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Registered: 2009-10-27

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Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

I have this line in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom   iso9660   ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0

and this in my /etc/mtab:
/dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,unhide 0 0

When I run "mount /mnt/cdrom", the CD starts to spin, but nothing more happens, and the folder /mnt/cdrom/ remains empty...
USB-drives and blank CDs has no problem auto-mounting.

Last edited by tctovsli (2010-05-27 08:01:11)

kgas

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From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

you try  sudo mount /dev/sr0  /mnt/cdrom to mount the cd. once you finish don't forget to unmount it. (sudo umount /mnt/cdrom) assuming you have only one cd/dvd drive. Why you want to mount these in /mnt directoy?

tctovsli

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Registered: 2009-10-27

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Re: Nothing happens when CD is inserted, unless the CD is blank

That worked, but it still doesn't appear in GNOME, but I guess that's another reason for...
Actually, I thought it mounted to /media/dvd/ or something, but that's what mtab and fstab said. I haven't configured them myself AFAIK...