[ubuntu-za] Mounting an external dvd writer in Ubuntu 16.04

[Anton May]

Hi Jan

Let's see if the kernel picks it up. What is the output of

dmesg | egrep -i --color 'cdrom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'

On 7 July 2017 at 09:00, Jan <jan at verslank.net> wrote:

> Hello Anton, many thanks - I am back to a healthy system via Timeshift,
> now I just need to get this Hitachi-LG GP50NB41 DVD writer to run. Any
> ideas about that?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jan
>
>
>
> On 07/07/2017 08:33, Anton May wrote:
>
> Hi Jan
>
> Cat the file please, like so in terminal
>
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>
> And send the output.
>
> Anton
>
> On 7 July 2017 at 08:09, Jan <jan at verslank.net> wrote:
>
>> Good morning all,
>>
>> May I ask for some advice, please.
>>
>> I have purchased a Hitachi-LG GP50NB41 external DVD Writer. My Ubuntu
>> 16.04 did not pick the drive up, so I Gogled and found this site:
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/770016/cant-find-my-dvd-
>> drive-in-ubuntu-16-04
>>
>> After running  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools
>>
>> I then tried to run sudo apt update and got the following:
>>
>> E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' is not known on line 1 in source list
>> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
>> E: The list of sources could not be read.
>>
>> If I follow these instructions, I get a blank file:
>>
>> https://askubuntu.com/questions/96967/how-do-i-fix-this-e-
>> type-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update
>>
>> Where do I go from here please?
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>
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>
>
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> Regards,
> Anton May
>
>
>


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Anton May
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