On 03/16/13 16:42, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 15/03/13 20:00, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: >> >> I installed an "optical drive" in this F-18/64 XFCE computer and it is apparently recognized by several applications however I don't see an icon come up on the desktop when I put a cdrom in the drive. The same disk works as expected in a similar F-18 computer. >> >> When I put the disk in the drive the light flickers for a while and then stops, no icon appears, and it is reluctant to eject. >> >> [bobg@box10 ~]$ ll /dev/sg1 >> crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Mar 16 2013 /dev/sg1 >> >> I don't know how to troubleshoot this so any help is appreciated. >> >> Bob >> > Another indication, I get: > > [root@box10 bobg]# mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/sg1 /mnt/cdrom > mount: /dev/sg1 is not a block device > > I suppose the drive could be defective but I would like to know I'm doing everything right before I pursue that path. > What does "ls -l /dev | grep cdrom" show? On all of my the cdrom is /dev/sr0 which is a block device. -- >From now on, at least during winter time, Im going to blame all spelling an grammar erros on the cat sitting on my chest every time I sit down at the computer.... -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org