Re: CD and DVD RW not detected‏

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:21:49 +0200, Ahmad Abou el-naga wrote:

>> > >> I have 2 devices that are working properly (functioning on windows
>> > >> and read CD's) but they are not detected on Kubuntu 9.1 AMD 64 bit
>> > >> 
>> > >> they are :
>> > >> 1- ASUS CD-S520/A5 (CD ROM)
>> > >> 2- LG CD RW>>>HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H42N
>> > >> 
>> > >> how can I get them to work and fix this?
>> > > 
>> > > How do you know they are not detected? Can they be found by $ sudo
>> > > lshw -c disk
>> > 
>> > I think you mean $ sudo lshw -C disk :)
>> 
>> No, I didn't. It's exactly the same.
>> 
> here's the output:
> 
> Hardware Lister (lshw) - B.02.14
> usage: lshw [-format] [-options ...]
>        lshw -version
> 
>         -version        print program version (B.02.14)
> 
> format can be
>         -html           output hardware tree as HTML -xml           
>         output hardware tree as XML -short          output hardware
>         paths -businfo        output bus information
> 
> options can be
>         -class CLASS    only show a certain class of hardware -C CLASS  
>              same as '-class CLASS' -c CLASS        same as '-class
>         CLASS' -disable TEST   disable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid,
>         etc. ) -enable TEST    enable a test (like pci, isapnp, cpuid,
>         etc. ) -quiet          don't display status
>         -sanitize       sanitize output (remove sensitive information
>         like serial numbers, etc.) -numeric        output numeric IDs
>         (for PCI, USB, etc.)

Are you sure you typed Alvin's command correctly?
$ sudo lshw -c disk

Good luck!

    -Frans