Re: Can't pin down DVD no mount problem

G'day there Rashkae,

I'm wondering if maybe the media change detection is what's broken.
Here's something to try (And I admit, at this point, I'm only shooting
in the dark)

First, create an eject icon for your cd-rom. You can add a "Custom
Application Launcher" to your gnome panel, and for the command, simply
put eject /dev/cdrom
Done!

When you click on this icon, your cd-rom tray to should pop open. (I
It does.

have a notebook here that goes all the hell if I press the eject button
on the CD-rom while the HAL automount stuff is trying to work. though
in my case, the whole notebook becomes unresponsive and I have to
reboot. Using the eject program fixed this)
That sounds like a large pain in the rear.

Next, put in the install dvd. Hopefully it won't work :), If this is
the one time in 20 it does work, eject it and try again.
It didn't mount. Just made a whole bunch of "trying to mount the disc" noises.

Now, from the terminal, issue command:

sudo mount -t auto /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
On this occasion, it mounted OK.

I'm interested to know what happens or what erros you get if that
command does not work. (or if it works every time
I've only run it once so far, successfully. The command "diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt" gives:

ken@Epona:~$ diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt
541a542,544
> [ 3066.532981] autofs: called with bogus options
> [ 3084.315093] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> [ 3084.420638] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A

I was able to mount it 4 times in a row with the command you gave. My movie DVD doesn't mount at all and gave the following:

ken@Epona:~$ diff dmesgA.txt dmesgB.txt
541a542,546
> [ 3066.532981] autofs: called with bogus options
> [ 3084.315093] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> [ 3084.420638] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
> [ 4107.587341] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3
> [ 4107.665196] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A

I've looked up the "bogus options" line on Google and came up with a whole heap of stuff that didn't apply in this instance. Admittedly, I didn't check everything found but haven't got time at the moment to narrow the search. I'll try again tonight.

Thanks for helping,
Ken McLennan
Qld, Australia


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