[NBLUG/talk] CDROM problem

Walter Hansen gandalf at sonic.net
Mon Aug 21 13:40:26 PDT 2006


> On Monday 21 August 2006 12:30, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>> Hi there!  My dad is running Debian Linux on his machine at home, and
>> just received a CDROM full of MP3s which he's trying to listen to.
>>
>> Unfortunately, when he inserts the disc and double-clicks the CDROM
>> device
>> icon (under KDE), he gets an error mounting: "No media found," or
>> some-such.
>>
>> I recently helped him get his printer working again, which required
>> mucking
>> with what /dev device it was using (/dev/usb/something/something,
>> instead
>> of /dev/lpr, I think was what I had to change)
>>
>> I'm guessing it may be a similar /dev fs change that's affecting him
>> here,
>> but as I'm way down on the peninsula, and he's up in Cotati, I'd see if
>> someone from NBLUG would be willing to go to his place to give him a
>> hand.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!



One of my debian machines is missing the mod that reads and writes
cd-roms. Just pointing this out a a possible problem. Havent' solved it
yet as I don't really need to use the CD rom on that machine.




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