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

[Jan]

Hello Anton,

The first drive that shows up is my onboard DVD writer.

I have re-run the command with the external unplugged, now it shows the 
external twice - I suppose its showing the history?

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
[ 3355.365916] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GP50NB41  
RB00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 3355.387159] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr1] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram 
cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

On 07/07/2017 09:46, Anton May wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>>     <mailto: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
>>>         <mailto: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
>>>             <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
>>>             <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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>>>
>>>         -- 
>>>         Regards,
>>>         Anton May
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Regards,
>>     Anton May
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards,
> Anton May

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