DVD drive not detected anymore

[Henk Altena]

Ed Greshko wrote:
> Henk Altena wrote:
>
>   
>> Recently my DVD combo drive a Philips PBDV1640P is  not detected by FC6
>> x86_64 at the first booting of the machine. I have to boot a second
>> time, then the DVD is detected.
>> How can I force FC6 to detect my DVD so I do not have to boot twice ?
>>     
>
> Anyway, a few questions/comments.
>
> 1.  On the first boot, was the system powered off?
>   
Yes
> 2.  On the reboot, did you simply reboot via the system menu or did you
> shutdown and power cycle the system?
>   
Reboot via the system menu
> 3.  On the first boot, save /var/log/dmesg someplace and reboot.  Then
> compare the /var/log/dmesg file created at the second boot.
>   
O.K. I will look for a possible cause there

Henk