CD/DVD no longer mounts after recent upgrade

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi Jefferey,

On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 at 00:56, Jeffery Small <jeff at cjsa.com> wrote:

> I posted this on the developers list and received no replies, so I'd like
> to ask here if anyone has seen this behavior recently.
>
> Xubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
>
I do have a Dell Inspiron 530s running Xubuntu 24.04.1. Prior to 20th
January 2025 it had been running Ubuntu Linux for quite some time - and was
solid and reliable.

Seeing your message, I tried a few things...

1. I can read text files off a CD-R I had lying around. I used the file
manager for this.

2. I can play music via YouTube OK.

3. I put the audio CD of Handel's Water Music in and "Parole media player"
popped up. Pressed play. That worked. However, the screen went blank and
the system became unresponsive. I removed the CD and used CTRL-ALT-DELETE
to reboot the system and get control back.

4. I put a film's DVD in. Parole Media Player popped up with an error box
stating "ERROR: GStreamer backend error. Could not open DVD".

5. Installed libdvd-pkg and did a reconfigure of it. My notes might not be
100% exact but I did this:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt full-upgrade
$ sudo apt install libdvd-pkg
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure libdvd-pkg
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt full-upgrade
$ sudo apt install vlc

I then launched VLC from the multimedia section of the start menu.

I put a film's DVD in and selected "Media -> Open Disc -> Play" and then
got the DVD's opening screen. Clicked on play and it worked fine.

Personally I wouldn't use Xubuntu for critical work. At least not at the
moment.

HTH,


Ian


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