Can't pin down DVD no mount problem

[Karl Larsen]

Ken McLennan wrote:
> G'day there Rashkae,
>
>> mount -t udf /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
>>   
>    I followed your advice,  but trying to mount only gave:
>
> [  353.606126] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
> drive.
> [ 1238.507237] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
> drive.
> [ 2085.567520] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
> drive.
>>
>> There should be no ISO9660 messages in the log then, just something th
>> looks like this:
>>
>> [84669.499007] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
>> [84669.534982] UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume
>> 'SUPERMAN_II_RICHARD_DONNER_CUT', timestamp 2006/09/18 15:29 (1f10
>>   
>    No such luck so far.
>
>> However, dealing with DVD movies adds the possibility that your DVD
>> drive has a region code set and you're trying to mount a dvd from a
>> different region, which I believe will not work.
>>   
>
>    No, this one worked fine wth the previous Vista install, and also 
> on Hardy when dual booting. It's only now that I've gone Linux-only 
> that the drive has stopped working. I know having only Linux isn't the 
> problem, but it started when I completely reinstalled.
>
>    Since then I've installed & had a look at KDE4, and then removed 
> it. Could that have removed something it shouldn't? It was actually 
> after this that I discovered the problem, although it may have existed 
> without me knowing it.
>
> Thanks for sticking with this, as I'm only learning this stuff as I go 
> along.
>
> See ya,
> Ken McLennan
> Qld, Australia
>
    Since Harty worked fine when it was dual boot with Vista it sure 
appears you need to load some software that was on your old Hardy. I 
expect it is codex files and you have not loaded them yet.

Karl


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