The Linux eternal problem with reading CD/DVDs...

[Aaron Konstam]

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 23:12 +0100, Paul Smith wrote:
> On 7/18/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > From time to time, I have serious problems with reading data DVD
> > > > disks. Now, I try to copy a file from a mounted (automatically) disk
> > > > to the Desktop (KDE), and the the process is stalled for ages, with no
> > > > progress. Any ideas? When will Linux reach the MS Windows' performance
> > > > regarding CD/DVDs?
> > >
> > > That is absolutely irritating: I try to mount the DVD disk manually and I get
> > >
> > > $ mount /dev/dvd
> > > mount: can't find /dev/hdd in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab
> > > $
> >
> > Where would you like it to be mounted?
> 
> Thanks, Les and Tony. I could after all mount my DVD disk with
> 
> mount /dev/dvd /mnt/dvd
> 
> (with /mnt/dvd created previously.)
> 
> Conclusion: hal seems to be not working properly. In the past, I did
> not need to mount manually my DVD disks.
> 
> Paul
> 
I think you are right . Hal is not working properly. The DVD should
mount automagically.
-- 
Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>