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Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS

From Johnny <johnny@invalid.net>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS
Date 2014-12-10 10:45 -0600
Organization albasani.net
Message-ID <20141210104509.7bb82e8f@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> (permalink)
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On 10 Dec 2014 16:26:45 GMT
Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> > I think I have a different problem.  I just got this refurbished HP
> > computer, and it came with Windows 7 Professional installed.
> >
> > The problem is with Wheezy.  Windows 7 can read all the CDs and DVDs
> > that Wheezy can't read.  I just used Windows 7 to copy one of those
> > DVDs and burn the files to a New DVD, and Wheezy can now see it.
> >
> > Maybe I don't have the right program installed to access those
> > DVDs, or maybe I don't have the right driver.  I just don't know  
> 
> Running below in term:
> sudo dpkg -l |grep dvd
> 
> do you have installed?:
> libdvdread 
> libdvdnav
> libdvdcss

I have two.  libdvdcss didn't show up with Synaptic.

> 
> In your source.lst (debian.list or whatever list file
> in /etc/apt/sources.list.d) 
> do you have below similar stanzas? in proper list file?: 
> 
> ## Multimmedia
> deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
> deb ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main non-free
> 
> ## Multimedia Sources
> deb-src http://www.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main
> deb-src ftp://ftp.deb-multimedia.org wheezy main

I don't have any of those.

> 
> Running in term:
> ls -al /dev | grep sr[0,1,2,3]
> 
> Are there links as below, pointing to the sr(X) device(s)?:
> Like so:
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root             3 Dec  8 13:46 cdrom -> sr0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root             3 Dec  8 13:46 cdrw -> sr0
> lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root             3 Dec  8 13:46 dvd -> sr0
> brw-rw----+  1 root cdrom      11,   0 Dec  8 13:46 sr0



root@johnnyspc:/home/johnny# ls -al /dev | grep sr[0,1,2,3]
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           3 Dec 10 09:33 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           3 Dec 10 09:33 cdrw -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           3 Dec 10 09:33 dvd -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root           3 Dec 10 09:33 dvdrw -> sr0
brw-rw---T+  1 root cdrom    11,   0 Dec 10 09:33 sr0

> 
> I can not remember if wheezy is still using the older udev
> where a file is created along this path:
> /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
> open the file and look to see if your device is listed properly.

Yes it's listed properly.

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DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-09 12:44 -0600
  Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> - 2014-12-09 19:57 +0100
    Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-09 13:19 -0600
      Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> - 2014-12-09 20:51 +0100
        Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-09 14:17 -0600
          Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2014-12-09 20:25 +0000
            Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-09 14:52 -0600
              Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> - 2014-12-09 22:54 -0600
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 09:48 -0600
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 16:26 +0000
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 10:45 -0600
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 18:04 +0000
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:08 -0600
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 19:59 +0000
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:08 -0600
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 19:55 +0000
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:59 -0600
              Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2014-12-10 12:17 +0100
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 13:33 +0000
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-12-10 13:33 -0500
      Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 18:09 +0000
        Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:13 -0600
          Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:37 -0600
            Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-12-10 20:46 +0100
              Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 13:53 -0600
          Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-10 20:30 +0000
            Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> - 2014-12-10 14:42 -0600
            Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny @invalid.net> - 2014-12-11 06:24 -0600
              Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Aragorn <thorongil@telenet.be.invalid> - 2014-12-11 15:18 +0100
                Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS Johnny <johnny @invalid.net> - 2014-12-11 08:56 -0600

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