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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 2014-12-09 14:17 -0600
Organization albasani.net
Message-ID <20141209141748.7647c0ce@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> (permalink)
References <20141209124447.31bdbef3@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> <m67gmm$bp7$1@speranza.aioe.org> <20141209131919.2e2c6354@johnnyspc.johnnyspc.net> <m67jr6$l61$1@speranza.aioe.org>

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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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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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