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Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:23 am
by nomko
Hi everybody,
Since a few days we notice that Lubuntu 12.04 drops the CD/DVD drive. When we put a disc in the drive, we cannot open the drive to remove the disc. Only after a reboot we are able to open/close the drive and after a while Lubuntu/LXDE drops the connection of the drive. When this happens, the command LSPCI/LSUSB shows no drive connected. What can cuase this and how to avoid this in the future?
Many thanks in advance!
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:36 pm
by rokytnji
I don't Lubuntu so this is the best I can do for you.
http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_eject.htm
http://linux.101hacks.com/unix/eject/
I am a more of a command kind of user than a gui user myself.
the command LSPCI/LSUSB shows no drive connected
I use (with dvd movie inserted in my dvdrom drive)
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# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80 GB, 80031974400 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9730 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 95 763056 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 95 1352 10096852 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1352 9730 67296285 5 Extended
/dev/sda6 1352 6515 41471797 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 6515 7928 11349922 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 7928 9332 11277630 83 Linux
/dev/sda5 9333 9730 3188902 82 Linux swap
Warning: Unable to open /dev/sr0 read-write (Read-only file system). /dev/sr0 has been opened read-only.
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 3:21 pm
by nomko
I'm quit familiar with the eject command but that doesn't work either. Lubuntu doesn't see the drive and therefore it cannot send commands to the drive.
rokytnji wrote:
I use (with dvd movie inserted in my dvdrom drive)
Not workable either when Lubuntu drops the connection with the drive.
I'm thinking that it has more to do with the drive going broke rather than Lubuntu. But that's a wild guess...
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:07 am
by nomko
nomko wrote:I'm thinking that it has more to do with the drive going broke rather than Lubuntu. But that's a wild guess...
I had some time to install another Linux distro and exactly the same problem appeared. The cd/dvd drive connected was dropped after a while. I guess it has to do with the drive and not the distro.
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:23 pm
by Rex Bouwense
Out of curiousity, because it does sound like the cd drive is about to go belly up, if you have an external cd drive try to mount it and see if it works properly.
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:21 pm
by nomko
Rex Bouwense wrote:Out of curiousity, because it does sound like the cd drive is about to go belly up, if you have an external cd drive try to mount it and see if it works properly.
It's an internal drive..
Re: Lubuntu/LXDE drops CD/DVD drive
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:47 pm
by Rex Bouwense
No. Sorry. That's not what I meant. If you have an extra external cd/dvd drive laying around that hooks into a USB port you could try that. I have one that I use occasionally because one of my computers is a net book without an optical drive.