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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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#2603 — DVD Drive not recognized after installing OS

I just got a computer that was refurbished by U.S. Micro Corporation.
It came with Windows 7 Professional, and I installed Debian Wheezy
along with it.

The DVD drive worked perfectly during installation, and Windows can
still read it. Wheezy doesn't know it's there.

If I go to Computer in Wheezy, and insert a DVD, the DVD icon will show
up while the light is flashing on the drive.  As soon as the light goes
out, the icon disappears.

I looked in the BIOS, and the DVD drive shows up first in the boot
sequence.  I know the drive is good, but I don't know how to make the
Debian operating system use it.




product: 	HP Compaq 8000 Elite SFF PC (LC356EP#ABA)
vendor: 	Hewlett-Packard
width: 	64 bits

product: 	Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E6700 @ 3.20GHz
vendor: 	Intel Corp.

id:	
cdrom
description: 	DVD-RAM writer
product: 	DVD-RAM GH60L
vendor: 	hp
physical id: 	1
bus info: 	scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: 	/dev/cdrom
logical name: 	/dev/cdrw
logical name: 	/dev/dvd
logical name: 	/dev/dvdrw
logical name: 	/dev/sr0
version: 	RD01
capabilities: 	removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration:	ansiversion	=	5
status	=	ready

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#2604

Hello.

On 2014-12-09 at 19:44 Johnny wrote:
>
> I just got a computer that was refurbished by U.S. Micro Corporation.
> It came with Windows 7 Professional, and I installed Debian Wheezy
> along with it.
>
> The DVD drive worked perfectly during installation, and Windows can
> still read it. Wheezy doesn't know it's there.
>
> If I go to Computer in Wheezy, and insert a DVD, the DVD icon will show
> up while the light is flashing on the drive.  As soon as the light goes
> out, the icon disappears.
>
> I looked in the BIOS, and the DVD drive shows up first in the boot
> sequence.  I know the drive is good, but I don't know how to make the
> Debian operating system use it.

Which kind of DVD did you insert? If it had been a Video DVD the reason 
the DVD icon disappeared might be that Debian does not ship a required 
library to read CSS encrypted media due to legal reasons.

See the Debian wiki for a solution: <https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#DVD>

Do Data DVDs like the Debian installation media show up in your file 
manager?

Regards

Markus

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#2605

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:57:30 +0100
Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> On 2014-12-09 at 19:44 Johnny wrote:
> >
> > I just got a computer that was refurbished by U.S. Micro
> > Corporation. It came with Windows 7 Professional, and I installed
> > Debian Wheezy along with it.
> >
> > The DVD drive worked perfectly during installation, and Windows can
> > still read it. Wheezy doesn't know it's there.
> >
> > If I go to Computer in Wheezy, and insert a DVD, the DVD icon will
> > show up while the light is flashing on the drive.  As soon as the
> > light goes out, the icon disappears.
> >
> > I looked in the BIOS, and the DVD drive shows up first in the boot
> > sequence.  I know the drive is good, but I don't know how to make
> > the Debian operating system use it.
> 
> Which kind of DVD did you insert? If it had been a Video DVD the
> reason the DVD icon disappeared might be that Debian does not ship a
> required library to read CSS encrypted media due to legal reasons.
> 
> See the Debian wiki for a solution:
> <https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#DVD>
> 
> Do Data DVDs like the Debian installation media show up in your file 
> manager?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Markus
> 

The DVD contains plain text, and HTML bookmarks.

I was just trying to import my bookmarks.

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#2606

On 2014-12-09 at 20:19 Johnny wrote:

> On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:57:30 +0100
> Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>>
>> On 2014-12-09 at 19:44 Johnny wrote:
>>>
>>> I just got a computer that was refurbished by U.S. Micro
>>> Corporation. It came with Windows 7 Professional, and I installed
>>> Debian Wheezy along with it.
>>>
>>> The DVD drive worked perfectly during installation, and Windows can
>>> still read it. Wheezy doesn't know it's there.
>>>
>>> If I go to Computer in Wheezy, and insert a DVD, the DVD icon will
>>> show up while the light is flashing on the drive.  As soon as the
>>> light goes out, the icon disappears.
>>>
>>> I looked in the BIOS, and the DVD drive shows up first in the boot
>>> sequence.  I know the drive is good, but I don't know how to make
>>> the Debian operating system use it.
>>
>> Which kind of DVD did you insert? If it had been a Video DVD the
>> reason the DVD icon disappeared might be that Debian does not ship a
>> required library to read CSS encrypted media due to legal reasons.
>>
>> See the Debian wiki for a solution:
>> <https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#DVD>
>>
>> Do Data DVDs like the Debian installation media show up in your file
>> manager?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Markus
>>
>
> The DVD contains plain text, and HTML bookmarks.
>
> I was just trying to import my bookmarks.

Where did the icon show up before it disappeared? On the desktop or in 
the file manager? Which desktop environment do you use?

What is the output of "mount" and "dmesg | tail" after the DVD has been 
inserted and the light on the drive goes out?

Regards

Markus

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#2607

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 20:51:06 +0100
Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:

> On 2014-12-09 at 20:19 Johnny wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 19:57:30 +0100
> > Markus Heinz <markus.heinz@uni-dortmund.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello.
> >>
> >> On 2014-12-09 at 19:44 Johnny wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I just got a computer that was refurbished by U.S. Micro
> >>> Corporation. It came with Windows 7 Professional, and I installed
> >>> Debian Wheezy along with it.
> >>>
> >>> The DVD drive worked perfectly during installation, and Windows
> >>> can still read it. Wheezy doesn't know it's there.
> >>>
> >>> If I go to Computer in Wheezy, and insert a DVD, the DVD icon will
> >>> show up while the light is flashing on the drive.  As soon as the
> >>> light goes out, the icon disappears.
> >>>
> >>> I looked in the BIOS, and the DVD drive shows up first in the boot
> >>> sequence.  I know the drive is good, but I don't know how to make
> >>> the Debian operating system use it.
> >>
> >> Which kind of DVD did you insert? If it had been a Video DVD the
> >> reason the DVD icon disappeared might be that Debian does not ship
> >> a required library to read CSS encrypted media due to legal
> >> reasons.
> >>
> >> See the Debian wiki for a solution:
> >> <https://wiki.debian.org/CDDVD#DVD>
> >>
> >> Do Data DVDs like the Debian installation media show up in your
> >> file manager?
> >>
> >> Regards
> >>
> >> Markus
> >>
> >
> > The DVD contains plain text, and HTML bookmarks.
> >
> > I was just trying to import my bookmarks.
> 
> Where did the icon show up before it disappeared? On the desktop or
> in the file manager? Which desktop environment do you use?
> 
> What is the output of "mount" and "dmesg | tail" after the DVD has
> been inserted and the light on the drive goes out?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Markus
> 

I'm using Gnome Classic.

Instead of being in the file system, I was in Computer that just has
two icons.  One is Comuter, and the other is File System.  This is
where the DVD drive shows up and disappears.

root@johnnyspc:/home/johnny# dmesg | tail
[ 1370.785136] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 8d 96 00 00 02 00
[ 1370.785146] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 144984
[ 1370.785152] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 18123
[ 1370.789010] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 1370.789016] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
[ 1370.789021] Info fld=0x8d97, ILI
[ 1370.789023] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
[ 1370.789030] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 8d 96 00 00 02 00
[ 1370.789040] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 144984
[ 1370.789045] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 18123

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#2608

On 2014-12-09, Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:

> root@johnnyspc:/home/johnny# dmesg | tail
> [ 1370.785136] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 8d 96 00 00 02 00
> [ 1370.785146] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 144984
> [ 1370.785152] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 18123
> [ 1370.789010] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
> [ 1370.789016] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] 
> [ 1370.789021] Info fld=0x8d97, ILI
> [ 1370.789023] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
> [ 1370.789030] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 8d 96 00 00 02 00
> [ 1370.789040] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 144984
> [ 1370.789045] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 18123

Looks like the disk might have a bad spot.  Try another disk.
If that doesn't halp, maybe there's something wrong with the drive;
if you have another DVD drive, try swapping it in.

-- 
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#2609

On 9 Dec 2014 20:25:04 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> On 2014-12-09, Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:
> 
> > root@johnnyspc:/home/johnny# dmesg | tail
> > [ 1370.785136] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 8d 96
> > 00 00 02 00 [ 1370.785146] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector
> > 144984 [ 1370.785152] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block
> > 18123 [ 1370.789010] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Result: hostbyte=DID_OK
> > driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE [ 1370.789016] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Sense
> > Key : Illegal Request [current] [ 1370.789021] Info fld=0x8d97, ILI
> > [ 1370.789023] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0]  Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this
> > track [ 1370.789030] sr 3:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00
> > 8d 96 00 00 02 00 [ 1370.789040] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0,
> > sector 144984 [ 1370.789045] Buffer I/O error on device sr0,
> > logical block 18123
> 
> Looks like the disk might have a bad spot.  Try another disk.
> If that doesn't halp, maybe there's something wrong with the drive;
> if you have another DVD drive, try swapping it in.
> 

It looks like you are right, I put a music CD in and it played.

I sure didn't think that other CD was bad.  I have had it for several
years, but have always kept in a plastic case.

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#2613

On 12/09/2014 02:52 PM, Johnny wrote:
> I sure didn't think that other CD was bad.  I have had it for several
> years, but have always kept in a plastic case.

Writeable CDs/DVDs can go bad over time, especially if there was the
slightest bit of dust on the surface when they were written.  The
drives are quite tolerant of dust when reading. The dust particle
affects just a tiny area, and the ECC can recover the data. When
writing, that same dust mote disperses the write beam so that it
damages a far larger area, making anything recorded in that region
marginal. Add a little time-related degradation, and you've lost
more bits than the ECC can handle. I've looked at some failed CDs
under a microscope and could see the discolored spots, many with
the dust particle that caused them still there in the center of
the spot.

-- 
Bob Nichols         AT comcast.net I am "RNichols42"

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#2617

On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:54:41 -0600
Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote:

> On 12/09/2014 02:52 PM, Johnny wrote:
> > I sure didn't think that other CD was bad.  I have had it for
> > several years, but have always kept in a plastic case.
> 
> Writeable CDs/DVDs can go bad over time, especially if there was the
> slightest bit of dust on the surface when they were written.  The
> drives are quite tolerant of dust when reading. The dust particle
> affects just a tiny area, and the ECC can recover the data. When
> writing, that same dust mote disperses the write beam so that it
> damages a far larger area, making anything recorded in that region
> marginal. Add a little time-related degradation, and you've lost
> more bits than the ECC can handle. I've looked at some failed CDs
> under a microscope and could see the discolored spots, many with
> the dust particle that caused them still there in the center of
> the spot.
> 

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

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#2618

On 2014-12-10, Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Dec 2014 22:54:41 -0600
> Robert Nichols <SEE_SIGNATURE@localhost.localdomain.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 12/09/2014 02:52 PM, Johnny wrote:
>> > I sure didn't think that other CD was bad.  I have had it for
>> > several years, but have always kept in a plastic case.
>> 
>> Writeable CDs/DVDs can go bad over time, especially if there was the
>> slightest bit of dust on the surface when they were written.  The
>> drives are quite tolerant of dust when reading. The dust particle
>> affects just a tiny area, and the ECC can recover the data. When
>> writing, that same dust mote disperses the write beam so that it
>> damages a far larger area, making anything recorded in that region
>> marginal. Add a little time-related degradation, and you've lost
>> more bits than the ECC can handle. I've looked at some failed CDs
>> under a microscope and could see the discolored spots, many with
>> the dust particle that caused them still there in the center of
>> the spot.
>> 
>
> 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

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

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

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.

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#2619

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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#2620

On 2014-12-10, Johnny <johnny@invalid.net> wrote:
> 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.
>

You need to add the multimedia.org non-free repo to
be able to install some of the media related applications
and libs on pure Debian.

>> 
>> 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.
>

Yeah, refer to ealier response in this post.

>> 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
>

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.

Also make sure your user is added to media related groups
such as cdrom, video, audio ect. in the /etc/groups file.
If you are using KDE you could use kuser for a GUI method to do so,
or the like GUI app for Gnome, XFCE, ect.

>> 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.
>

Look at this file closely to take note of the mount points for
the device and make sure they do in fact exist on the filesystem
as I said earlier in post.

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#2623

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.

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#2631

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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#2624

On 10 Dec 2014 18:04:28 GMT
Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> You need to add the multimedia.org non-free repo to
> be able to install some of the media related applications
> and libs on pure Debian.

I added the repositories, and libdvdcss showed up in Synaptic.

I installed it, but got the warning that I was installing software that
can't be authenticated.

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#2629

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:
>
>> You need to add the multimedia.org non-free repo to
>> be able to install some of the media related applications
>> and libs on pure Debian.
>
> I added the repositories, and libdvdcss showed up in Synaptic.
>
> I installed it, but got the warning that I was installing software that
> can't be authenticated.
>

You need to add the keyring for the multimedia repo:

apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
then:
apt-get update

from term/console

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#2630

On 10 Dec 2014 19:55:45 GMT
Kirk_Von_Rockstein <Kirk_Von_Rockstein@nowhere.invalid> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >> You need to add the multimedia.org non-free repo to
> >> be able to install some of the media related applications
> >> and libs on pure Debian.
> >
> > I added the repositories, and libdvdcss showed up in Synaptic.
> >
> > I installed it, but got the warning that I was installing software
> > that can't be authenticated.
> >
> 
> You need to add the keyring for the multimedia repo:
> 
> apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
> then:
> apt-get update
> 
> from term/console

I installed it and updated.

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#2615

Hello,

Johnny a écrit :
> On 9 Dec 2014 20:25:04 GMT
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> Looks like the disk might have a bad spot.  Try another disk.
>> If that doesn't halp, maybe there's something wrong with the drive;
>> if you have another DVD drive, try swapping it in.
> 
> It looks like you are right, I put a music CD in and it played.

The drive may also be faulty. I've had faulty DVD drives which could
still read some media (CD, DVD-ROM...) but not others (DVD-ROM,
CD-R/W...) any more.

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#2616

On 2014-12-10, Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-spam@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Johnny a écrit :
>> On 9 Dec 2014 20:25:04 GMT
>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> Looks like the disk might have a bad spot.  Try another disk.
>>> If that doesn't halp, maybe there's something wrong with the drive;
>>> if you have another DVD drive, try swapping it in.
>> 
>> It looks like you are right, I put a music CD in and it played.
>
> The drive may also be faulty. I've had faulty DVD drives which could
> still read some media (CD, DVD-ROM...) but not others (DVD-ROM,
> CD-R/W...) any more.

Yeah ...and if the comp is in a environment where
much dust, fine cat hairs, etc. exists,
the particulates are sucked into the case of the comp,
and the lens on the laser can collect crap. Sometimes
you can brush off the lens without removing the
case on the optical drive to clean it. 
(there are special disks with
brushes on them for this purpose)
If someone smokes a lot and the comp is in a location nearby,
the lens will be soiled with crap that only alcohol 
or such can remove. In this case you have to 
remove the case cover on the optical drive
to be able to clean the lens though. Sometimes the rails (rods)
and screw drive which have lubrication on them 
collect dust and absorb the lubricant 
and thus the optical mechanism binds occasionally, 
cleaning the rails and the screw, then adding a SMALL amount 
of lubricant can sometimes bring it back to life. 
But it would be a chore most would not attempt as 
optical drives are rather cheap these days. 
More than likely as someone else mention in this thread
there is or was some crap on that disc. Sometimes washing
the problematic disc with dish soap and water, and drying
with lintless cloth works. If there are minute scratches
on the disk, I have polished them out by using a very, very
fine pumice liquid polish to remove them,
(glass polish for example) then made use of "dd" to pull the data
off the disc, making a ISO file for reburing to new media.

dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/path/to/myCD.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync
or 
dd if=/dev/sr1 of=/path/to/myCD.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync

To find optical drive device(s):
dmesg | grep sr[0,1,2,3]

or
hdparm -Ig /dev/sr[0,1,2,3]

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#2622

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2014, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Johnny a écrit :
>> On 9 Dec 2014 20:25:04 GMT
>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like the disk might have a bad spot.  Try another disk.
>>> If that doesn't halp, maybe there's something wrong with the drive;
>>> if you have another DVD drive, try swapping it in.
>>
>> It looks like you are right, I put a music CD in and it played.
>
> The drive may also be faulty. I've had faulty DVD drives which could
> still read some media (CD, DVD-ROM...) but not others (DVD-ROM,
> CD-R/W...) any more.
>
I'd check the log for that.  My first DVD drive, about a decade ago (it 
wsa a hand me down computer), eventually went really bad, endless error 
mesages any time I tried to so something.

   Michael

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