CD/DVD not recognized on SuSe 9.3

Question

Hello guys,

I am very new to the Linux world and I just installed SuSe 9.3 on a Dell Inspiron 6000

The main problem right now is that I can't see the CD/DVD drive.

I can mount it manually (log as SU and type "mount /dev/cdrom"), but I still can't see it nowhere.

I have found on a forum this advice (but I tryed it and it doesn't work)

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edit:

/usr/share/hal/fdi/90defaultpolicy/storage-policy.fdi
and modifying the following line:
false
to
true .
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Has anyone a solution for this?

Another small problem is that I have to run Yast and activate the sound card every time I boot the system if I want to have sound.

Thank you.

Sinuhe

dsbInspiron · Answer

First the cd-rom:

When you manually mount the drive, is it successful or does it give you an error? If it does, please post it. If not then, mount the cd-rom (be sure to do it read only) and then from a terminal, cd.., until you get to the top directory(\). Once there type: cd /dev, then type dir...verify that you see a cd-rom folder. Once you verified it is there, try to access it this way; cd /cd-rom. If you get any errors post them.

What type of sound card do you have, it may be as simple as needing a driver.

sinuhe · Answer

Thanks for your help.
So, the things are like this:

CDROM:

If I use Konqueror and I go in /dev/cdrom I get error "Access denied to /dev/cdrom"
If I go to /media/cdrom I get error "No media in device for /media/cdrom"

I start console:

andrei@linux:~> ..
andrei@linux:/home> ..
andrei@linux:/> ..
andrei@linux:/> mount /dev/cdrom
mount: according to mtab, /dev/cdrom is already mounted on /media/cdrom
mount failed
andrei@linux:/> cd /dev/cdrom
bash: cd: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied
andrei@linux:/> su
Password:
linux:/ # cd dev/cdrom
linux:/dev/cdrom # dir
total 178
drw-------   3 andrei root     72 2005-08-12 17:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 36 root   root 181824 2005-08-15 12:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x   2 root   root    152 2005-08-12 17:58 by-path
linux:/dev/cdrom #

I don't know what are these last four lines, but that is not what I have on the cdrom. I get those lines even if I umount /dev/cdrom.

If I log as root, I get the same errors, or I get "no media in /dev/cdrom" (or something like this).

linux:~ # mount /dev/cdrom
linux:~ # cd /dev/cdrom
linux:/dev/cdrom # dir
total 178
drw------- 3 root root 72 Aug 12 17:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 181824 Aug 15 12:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 152 Aug 12 17:58 by-path
linux:/dev/cdrom # cd /media/cdrom
linux:/media/cdrom # dir
/bin/ls: .: No medium found
linux:/media/cdrom #

That's it about the CDROM

With regard to the sound card:
The card functions properly if I log as root, but if I log as user, than I have to run Yast before using it. So, I doubt it's a driver problem.

Thanks again,

sinuhe

dsbInspiron · Answer

I know this may sound crazy, but when you mount the cd-rom drive, you are mounting it with a cd in their, if not give that a shot and see where it gets you.

"mount: according to mtab, /dev/cdrom is already mounted on /media/cdrom
mount failed"

This will always fail, b/c you can only mount a drive once. But you should have access to it, especially through a console with a disk in there. If you try to cd into media/cdrom with no disk then you will get the no media error. I am wondering if there is a way to set up permissions in Suse? In mandrake, I had to set a mount permission for non-root users. You may want to go into that further, I have no idea how to do that in SUSE.

PiLgRiM776 · Answer

SuSE 9.3 mounts CDs/DVDs in /media under the CD or DVD's volume name. Do an ls -l /media and see if your cd's volume name shows up.

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