[ubuntu-za] Mounting an external dvd writer in Ubuntu 16.04

[Jan]

Hi Anton, OK I have tested the DVD writer on my wife's Windows 7 and it 
works. Her Ubuntu 16.04 does not pick it up either. It does, However, 
show up in Disks on my system.

Here's the output you asked for:

jan at jan-ESPRIMO-E5731:~$ dmesg | egrep -i --color 'cdrom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'
[    1.878657] ata2.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7250H, 1.81, max UDMA/100
[    1.977774] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7250H  
1.81 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[    2.001918] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer dvd-ram 
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[    2.001921] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 2129.897549] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GP50NB41  
RB00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 2129.916400] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram 
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray


On 07/07/2017 09:16, Anton May wrote:
> Hi Jan
>
> Let's see if the kernel picks it up. What is the output of
>
> dmesg | egrep -i --color 'cdrom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'
>
> On 7 July 2017 at 09:00, Jan <jan at verslank.net 
> <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hello Anton, many thanks - I am back to a healthy system via
>     Timeshift, now I just need to get this Hitachi-LG GP50NB41 DVD
>     writer to run. Any ideas about that?
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Jan
>
>
>
>     On 07/07/2017 08:33, Anton May wrote:
>>     Hi Jan
>>
>>     Cat the file please, like so in terminal
>>
>>     cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>>
>>     And send the output.
>>
>>     Anton
>>
>>     On 7 July 2017 at 08:09, Jan <jan at verslank.net
>>     <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Good morning all,
>>
>>         May I ask for some advice, please.
>>
>>         I have purchased a Hitachi-LG GP50NB41 external DVD Writer.
>>         My Ubuntu 16.04 did not pick the drive up, so I Gogled and
>>         found this site:
>>
>>         https://askubuntu.com/questions/770016/cant-find-my-dvd-drive-in-ubuntu-16-04
>>         <https://askubuntu.com/questions/770016/cant-find-my-dvd-drive-in-ubuntu-16-04>
>>
>>         After running |sudo add-apt-repository
>>         ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools ||
>>
>>         I then tried to run sudo apt update and got the following: |
>>         |||
>>         |E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' is not known on line 1 in source list
>>         /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>>         E: The list of sources could not be read.
>>
>>         If I follow these instructions, I get a blank file:
>>
>>         https://askubuntu.com/questions/96967/how-do-i-fix-this-e-type-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update
>>         <https://askubuntu.com/questions/96967/how-do-i-fix-this-e-type-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update>
>>
>>         Where do I go from here please?
>>
>>         Jan
>>
>>
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>
>
>
>
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> Regards,
> Anton May

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