No CDrom ?

[GregM]

Just changed out the factory cdrom with a blu-ray cdrom.

Could not find the factory cdrom with Dolphin. If I put a disk in to copy to (etc) it would not show up. I could not copy/burn files with K3B or Brasero etc. The green light would go on for a bit but that's it.


Are there some commands I have to do in the terminal to make this device appear?

Thanks
Greg

[Schwarzer Kater]

You could check in Konsole if it is recognized during boot by the system at all (not only Dolphin):
sudo dmesg | grep -Ei 'cdrom|cd-rom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'

If there is no sufficient output - did you check the data cable connection between the new drive and your mainboard?
The power cable seems to be connected correctly if the green light is there and you can insert a DVD.

PS - This would be a sufficient output (example of my desktop computer's DVD-ROM drive):

[ 2.747760] ata3.00: ATAPI: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUE1N, ME04, max UDMA/133
[ 2.758782] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GUE1N ME04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 3.917844] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 3.918206] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 3.970429] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0​

[GregM]

Here is the output from the terminal.....

greg@greg-OptiPlex:~$ sudo dmesg | grep -Ei 'cdrom|cd-rom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'
[sudo] password for greg:
[ 1.336810] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM PIONEER BD-RW BDR-209D 1.34 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.414964] sr 2:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writercd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.414968] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 1.451982] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
greg@greg-OptiPlex:~$



I just did a backup clone with Clonezilla, so it is functioning and it did boot the Clonezilla disk, but it does not show up in Dolphin.
I would rather see the cdrom even if there is nothing in it.
Have not tried to burn anything yet.
I did put a new cable on the drive when I changed it out.