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Basically the title tells the problem. In a program like k3b, it shows the CD drive but in that program nor in any other program, if I insert a CD, it doesn't load it. Any ideas?
What type of CD? Blank. Formatted. Music. Data. Brand of CD?
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
Let's see what groups your user belongs to. Open a console and type:
Code:
groups
Do you see cdrom as one of the groups?
Windows no longer obstructs my view.
Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes
Did the CD play before making any changes to Kubuntu (install new apps or update packages)?
have you installed Kubuntu-restricted-extras?
Can you install VLC? If so, and it plays the CD's then at least you'll know its a library issue with the other apps.
Actually it hasn't worked for quite some time, a year maybe, but I just realized that the CD does show up in K3b which means that the computer does see the CD drive. It just won't load a CD. That's why I thought that someone might be able to offer a solution.
I had a similar problem with using Fedora 16. After an update I could no longer play a CD or DVD in two of the apps (KsCD and Dragon Player). I asked for help on the Fedora forums and got zero responce about it. I installed VLC and found that it did play both CD's and DVD's. My conclusion was that it was a fault with the multimedia libraries that KDE uses. Still never discovered though the exact problem and resolve it except using another app.
Similar issues here; if I've already loaded something on a r/w disk, I've never been able to erase and reuse the disk. In kb3, it registers as no disk in drive.
Last edited by capt-zero; Sep 12, 2012, 09:54 AM.
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