Kubuntu 9.04 on sony vaio VGN-NS11S

[Mark Greenwood]

On Sunday 31 May 2009 16:55:22 David McGlone wrote:
> On Sunday 31 May 2009 11:01:16 am Humberto S. Shiromoto wrote:
> > On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 4:12 PM, David McGlone <david at dmcentral.net> wrote:
> > > 1. Have you checked to see if the volume is up on the microphone?
> >
> > Yeah, I checked it out the volume is fine... besides that, when I plug the
> > headphone, the sound comes out by the headphone and by the computer
> > speakers.
> >
> > 2. When you put a CD or DVD in the DVD player, have you checked the in icon
> >
> > > on
> > > the tool bar next to the clock? It should pop up asking you what you
> > > would like to do with the DVD such as "open in dolphin" "play with dragon
> > > player" etc, etc...
> >
> > Yeah, it simply doesn't detect anything... very very strang
> 
> what do you get when you type in a console window:
> 
> ls -la /dev/cdrom
> 
> and 
> 
> ls -la /dev/dvd

I'm running on a VAIO (different model) and I get the same problem - the new Device Notifier doesn't do anything. I can get around it by going to a terminal and typing 'mount /dev/cdrom' after I insert a disc.

The actual problem however appears to be that HAL polling is not enabled for the drive, and no command I can find will cause it to be enabled. I think it might be a Sony BIOS issue.

Mark

> -- 
> Blessings,
> David M.
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>