Can't pin down DVD no mount problem

[Rashkae]

Karl Larsen wrote:
> Ken McLennan wrote:
>> G'day there Rashkae,
>>
>>> mount -t udf /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
>>>   
>>    I followed your advice,  but trying to mount only gave:
>>
>> [  353.606126] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
>> drive.
>> [ 1238.507237] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
>> drive.
>> [ 2085.567520] sr0: CDROM not ready.  Make sure there is a disc in the 
>> drive.
>>> There should be no ISO9660 messages in the log then, just something th
>>> looks like this:
>>>
>>> [84669.499007] UDF-fs: Partition marked readonly; forcing readonly mount
>>> [84669.534982] UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume
>>> 'SUPERMAN_II_RICHARD_DONNER_CUT', timestamp 2006/09/18 15:29 (1f10
>>>   
>>    No such luck so far.
>>
>>> However, dealing with DVD movies adds the possibility that your DVD
>>> drive has a region code set and you're trying to mount a dvd from a
>>> different region, which I believe will not work.
>>>   
>>    No, this one worked fine wth the previous Vista install, and also 
>> on Hardy when dual booting. It's only now that I've gone Linux-only 
>> that the drive has stopped working. I know having only Linux isn't the 
>> problem, but it started when I completely reinstalled.
>>
>>    Since then I've installed & had a look at KDE4, and then removed 
>> it. Could that have removed something it shouldn't? It was actually 
>> after this that I discovered the problem, although it may have existed 
>> without me knowing it.
>>
>> Thanks for sticking with this, as I'm only learning this stuff as I go 
>> along.
>>
>> See ya,
>> Ken McLennan
>> Qld, Australia
>>
>     Since Harty worked fine when it was dual boot with Vista it sure 
> appears you need to load some software that was on your old Hardy. I 
> expect it is codex files and you have not loaded them yet.
> 

Umm, no. I don't think so.