DVD Drive will read CD but not DVD

[senoird]

Ive installed FC 6 on my Sony Vaio that has a dvdrw drive and a cd drive. I can put a cd in both and read it. But if I put a dvd in the dvd drive it say there is no media in drive. Codec's maybe? Ive tried pc software dvd and movies no luck with either.If anyone can tell me something please help. If any info is needed to help just let me know and Ill do my newb best to pull it up and post it. Thx in advance.

[senoird@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost senoird]# cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
1 mem
4 /dev/vc/0
4 tty
4 ttyS
5 /dev/tty
5 /dev/console
5 /dev/ptmx
6 lp
7 vcs
10 misc
13 input
14 sound
29 fb
116 alsa
128 ptm
136 pts
171 ieee1394
180 usb
189 usb_device
195 nvidia
216 rfcomm
254 pcmcia

Block devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
22 ide1
253 device-mapper
254 mdp

[infoshirish]

Hey,
Do you have any other OS installed on same machine? For i.e windows. Does this problem occurs there also?
Can you post the output of below commands:-

Code:

#dmesg | grep DVD
#lspci

[senoird]

root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep DVD
hdc: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4040B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: ATAPI 63X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
bash: lspci: command not found

Which is strange because I find lspci in sbin. Even if I try to run it from that folder terminal it gives me no such file error

[rcgreen]

Either type /sbin/lspci, or if you navigate to the
directory, ./lspci. When you are in a directory
where a program is located, you must preceed the command
with dot slash because the system doesn't look
in the present directory for the file, only in the path

[infoshirish]

root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep DVD
hdc: HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4040B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdc: ATAPI 63X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
bash: lspci: command not found

Which is strange because I find lspci in sbin. Even if I try to run it from that folder terminal it gives me no such file error

Hey,
Well it seems that DVD-ROM is detected and drivers are installed fine by your distro. Try these when you insert DVD :-
Code:

#mount /media/dvd* /* your dvd rom or recorder */
#cd /media/dvd* /* your dvd rom or recorder */
#ls -la

If fails, I guess might me your internal issue of DVD ROM. Though you can try this:
1. Unplug your DVD Rom, plug through diffrent cables and power connections.
2. Try your DVD lense cleaner.
3. Try to configure your DVD ROM through GUI (Gnome) might be some options should have to be enabled. Places --> Removable Devices .
4. Try to reconfigure your DVD-ROM through kudzu.
5. If aboves too fails Contact to DVD ROM vendor and ask his suggestions.