Problem getting CD drives to mount

[jacatone]

This is the second machine I've installed Kubuntu 7.04 on that has a problem mounting the cd drives. They work fine on XP Pro. What is the problem here? Thanks.

[Rog131]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

on that has a problem mounting the cd drives.

In what way ?

Automount ? Can you mount them by hand ?

Do you have them in the fstab ?

What tells lshw - can you find them ?

sudo lshw

NAME
lshw - list hardware

SYNOPSIS
lshw [ -version ]

And do you find those cd drives in the dmesg ?

:~$ dmesg | grep ROM

or

dmesg | grep ATAPI

or

dmesg | grep CD

or

dmesg | grep DVD

[jacatone]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

I put the disk in and can hear it spinning. A window appears like it's mounting the drive then nothing. Haven't tried mounting manually. Is there a way to automount the drives? Thanks.

[Rog131]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

Sound that it is trying to mount.

Can you find them in K > System Settings > Disks & Filesystems ?

[eriefisher]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

When you insert a disk you should get a window pop up asking you what to do with the media. The choices will depend on what type of media it is and it's contents unless you have changed the actions somehow.

eriefisher

[Rog131]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount


fstab

DESCRIPTION
The file fstab contains descriptive information about the various file
systems. fstab is only read by programs, and not written; it is the
duty of the system administrator to properly create and maintain this
file. Each filesystem is described on a separate line; fields on each
line are separated by tabs or spaces. Lines starting with ’#’ are com‐
ments. The order of records in fstab is important because fsck(8),
mount(8), and umount(8) sequentially iterate through fstab doing their
thing.

I have in the /etc/fstab:

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

[jacatone]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

Yes, both drives appear in K > System Settings > Disks & Filesystems but they both say "disabled". Also, don't have the drives appear in /etc/fstab. In fact I don't even see a fstab file. What is weird is the drives will open a cd created by WinXP but not one created by Kubuntu. Is there a program that'll just auto mount the drives like in Linspire? Thanks.

[Rog131]

Re: Problem getting CD drives to mount

Yes, both drives appear in K > System Settings > Disks & Filesystems but they both say "disabled".

Is there cd/dvd in ? If there is cd in -> status should be "Enabled"

Also, don't have the drives appear in /etc/fstab. In fact I don't even see a fstab file.

What is weird is the drives will open a cd created by WinXP but not one created by Kubuntu.

Is there a program that'll just auto mount the drives like in Linspire? Thanks.

Look what eriefisher said.

Don't know how Linspire works, but when i insert cd/dvd in -> there is a popup window:

A new medium has been detected.
What do you want to do?

Open in New Window
Copy CD with K3b
Do Nothing

You can edit actions:
Press Alt+F2 and type kcontrol

Goto Peripherals > Storage Media
Something to try. Press Defaults and Apply. Did it help ?