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

Jan jan at verslank.net
Fri Jul 7 09:05:28 UTC 2017


Sorry guys, it works! You just have to open it manually by pressing on 
the tray and it does not show up in the launcher for some reason, but it 
plays fine.

A bit silly that it does not show up, but I can live with that. Thanks 
for the help Anton.

Best wishes,

Jan

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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