Richard England wrote: >>>> but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop? >>>> >>>> It is shown by lshal: >>>> -------------------------- >>>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >>>> block.storage_device >>>> = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >>>> (string) >>>> info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B' (string) >>>> info.udi = >>>> '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >>>> (string) >>>> >>> When I do lshal in my F8 box I get this (way down in the output): >>> >>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_R1312' >>> access_control.file = '/dev/sr0' (string) >>> block.device = '/dev/sr0' (string) >>> linux.device_file = '/dev/sg0' (string) >>> >>> I'm just curious: do you get any of that? >>> >> >> Yes, I do get that: >> -------------------------- >> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B' >> access_control.file = '/dev/sr0' (string) >> access_control.grant_local_session = true (bool) >> block.device = '/dev/sr0' (string) >> -------------------------- >> >> I did actually know /dev/cdrom was a link to /dev/sr0, >> but I get the same result when trying to mount the latter: >> -------------------------- >> [root@alfred tim]# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom >> mount: No medium found >> -------------------------- >> >> I guess there may be something wrong with the drive. >> It's rather ancient. >> I'll try it in another machine. >> >> > I'm coming in late on this, but is there a CD (media) in the drive when > you try the mount command? Yes, there was a CD in the drive, in fact it was the Fedora KDE Live CD, which I was trying to boot from. I tried it in another drive in the same machine, and it did boot from the CD. So I guess there is something wrong with the drive. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
