Cannot find DVD drive

[Richard England]

Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Aldo Foot wrote:
>
>   
>>> I'm afraid this may be a very ignorant question,
>>> 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 at 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?

~~R