Can't pin down DVD no mount problem

[Karl Larsen]

Ken McLennan wrote:
> G'day there One & All,
>
>    I recently bit the bullet and removed all trace of Vista from my 
> laptop. I've installed Hardy from a magazine cover DVD, without 
> problem. I got it all set up with the settings I want and tried to 
> watch a DVD a couple of nights ago.
    You need software to watch a movie on your computer. Ubuntu comes 
with Totem that will work after you load some codex files but I dislike 
how it works. I have had more success with the software called VLC and 
it will show movies as well.

    By the way you do not mount the DVD :-)


Karl

>
> After trying the Totem method I found:
>
>    dmesg | grep dvd or scd0 or cdrom have no results
>    dmesg | grep CDROM gives line after line of:
>
>    [31814.490389] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in
>    the drive.
>
> then line after line of:
>
>    [31815.599625] sr0: CDROM not ready yet.
>
> followed by:
>
>    [32467.284790] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in 
> the drive.
>
> at the end.
>
>    At one time I kept getting something to the effect the drive 
> couldn't connect to the HAL Daemon. That seems to have stopped though 
> but I don't know why.
>
>    Does anyone pleaes have any ideas that I can try? or know where I 
> should look?
>
> Thanks for listening,
> Ken McLennan
> Qld, Australia
>
>


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