Kubuntu 9.04 on sony vaio VGN-NS11S

[O. Sinclair]

Humberto S. Shiromoto wrote:
> Thank you very much for helping me... It's bizarre because when I boot 
> the computer with an DVD linux just recognizes it
> 
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:20 AM, David McGlone <david at dmcentral.net 
> <mailto:david at dmcentral.net>> wrote:
> 
>     On Wednesday 03 June 2009 03:30:18 am Humberto S. Shiromoto wrote:
>      > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:36 AM, David McGlone
>     <david at dmcentral.net <mailto:david at dmcentral.net>> wrote:
>      > > Ok what does this command give you:
>      > >
>      > > ls -la /dev/scd0
>      >
>      > humberto at socrates:~$ ls -la /dev/scd0
>      > ls: cannot access /dev/scd0: No such file or directory
> 
>     It doesn't seem your system is recognizing the CD Rom. I'm pretty much
>     stumped. Other than suggesting you check in the BIOS to see if the
>     computer
>     actually knows it's there, I don't know what else to suggest.
> 
>     In my 12 or so years of using Linux I've never had an install that
>     didn't
>     recognize the CD Rom.
> 
Have you tried inserting a cd or dvd and then start K3b, the 
cd/dvd-burning application? For whatever reason that ALWAYS finds my 
cd/dvd media even when "polling is disabled" as mentioned earlier.

Once K3b has "found" the cd/dvd I could then access it via Dolphin or 
Konqueror. Dont ask me why, just something to try.