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

[Anton May]

Hi Jan

I presume it's plugged into the USB? Just run the dmesg with the writer
plugged in and out and see if the result changes. Then we can see, as there
are 2 optical drives picked up and I don't know how many drives you have on
your system.

Anton

On 7 July 2017 at 09:28, Jan <jan at verslank.net> wrote:

> Hi Anton, OK I have tested the DVD writer on my wife's Windows 7 and it
> works. Her Ubuntu 16.04 does not pick it up either. It does, However, show
> up in Disks on my system.
>
> Here's the output you asked for:
>
> jan at jan-ESPRIMO-E5731:~$ dmesg | egrep -i --color 'cdrom|dvd|cd/rw|writer'
> [    1.878657] ata2.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7250H, 1.81, max UDMA/100
> [    1.977774] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7250H
> 1.81 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> [    2.001918] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer dvd-ram
> cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> [    2.001921] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
> [ 2129.897549] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GP50NB41
> RB00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
> [ 2129.916400] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram
> cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
>
>
>
> On 07/07/2017 09:16, Anton May wrote:
>
> 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-driv
>>> e-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-ty
>>> pe-is-not-known-on-line-in-source-list-update
>>>
>>> Where do I go from here please?
>>>
>>> Jan
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Anton May
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Anton May
>
>
>


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Regards,
Anton May
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