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Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS

From Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject Re: DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS
Date 2014-12-10 19:59 +0000
Message-ID <cern1rFmm1rU2@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (8 earlier) <20141210094810.36de01b5@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> <cerai5Fj6gkU1@mid.individual.net> <20141210104509.7bb82e8f@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> <cerg9bFj6gkU2@mid.individual.net> <20141210130811.19a64090@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net>

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On 2014-12-10, Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:
> On 10 Dec 2014 18:04:28 GMT
> Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Ok, next check that the mount points for the devices exist
>> in /media and /mnt. (/media/dvd, /media/cdrom, ect. /mnt/dvd,
>> /mnt/cdrom, ect.) To find out if they do or do nor exist
>>  run "ls -al /mnt" and "ls -al /media"
>> If they do not exist create the mount points in /mnt and /media.
>> mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom
>> mkdir -p /mnt/dvd
>> mkdir -p /mnt/dvdrw
>> mkdir -p /media/cdrom
>> mkdir -p /media/dvd
>> and so forth and so on.
>
> I created all those directories, they obviously didn't exist, because if
> I try to create a directory that already exist, I'll get the message
> that the directory already exists.

Yes, that is true.
Also you may have to configure your media applications 
(vlc, xmms, mplayer, xine etc.)
for proper device and and mount points for cdrom, dvd etc.

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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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