Getting DVD drive to work

**cjdarcy** · 11-09-2005

I am running Xandros 3.0 on a desktop pc. I have been using linux for 1 week now and cannot get my DVD drive to read DVD's. The drive will play CD's and read from a CD, but a DVD(even unencrypted) will cause the drive to just spin and spin. The properties say: Device is not mounted, Device: /dev/hdc Driver: ide-cd Model: DVD-ROM SD-612. I assume I need to "mount" the drive and possibly update the driver. How do I do that? Thanks for the help.

**techieMoe** · 11-09-2005

Was your DVD drive able to read DVDs on other operating systems?

**cjdarcy** · 11-09-2005

Initially, yes, but after changing hard drives and reloading Windows 98, I was unable to get it to play dvd's. My frustration was one of my many reasons for switching to linux.

**techieMoe** · 11-09-2005

Originally Posted by cjdarcy

Initially, yes, but after changing hard drives and reloading Windows 98, I was unable to get it to play dvd's. My frustration was one of my many reasons for switching to linux.

If the drive had issues in MS Windows and now has issues in Linux, it might just be a hardware issue with your drive. I've had this happen with at least one DVD-ROM before.

**cjdarcy** · 11-09-2005

I have another DVD drive collecting dust in my basement. Can I just physically replace one with the other and GO, or do I need to "tell" the OS that there is a new piece of hardware to install. If so, how do I go about that?

**techieMoe** · 11-09-2005

Originally Posted by cjdarcy

I have another DVD drive collecting dust in my basement. Can I just physically replace one with the other and GO, or do I need to "tell" the OS that there is a new piece of hardware to install. If so, how do I go about that?

Just swap it out and reboot. Make sure the master/slave jumper is set to the same thing on the new drive as the old one. Linux shouldn't care.

**eerok** · 11-09-2005

Originally Posted by cjdarcy

Can I just physically replace one with the other and GO

Yeah, it'll be detected at boot.

You can check this after you boot by

Code:

dmesg | grep DVD

or

Code:

dmesg | grep hdc

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**cjdarcy** · 11-10-2005

I tried the other DVD drive and the computer would not even boot up. It gets stuck on the Dell logo screen, I don't even think it is getting past the system bios. What do you think - 2 bad drives or could something else be wrong?

**bigtomrodney** · 11-10-2005

Sounds like your jumper settings for /slave/master/Cable Select is wrong. Play with the jumper to see if you can get it right. The CS/Cable select is usually the easiest to use as long as any other devices on the same cable are set to this too.

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