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by sleepy
Wed Dec 09, 2009 7:05 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Re: Cdrom drive not recognised

That's easy, type in "uname -a" in a Terminal and post the output. For me its: [maces@mypc ~]$ uname -a Linux archtower 2.6.31-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Nov 10 18:15:40 CET 2009 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 6.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux You see: "2.6.31-ARCH". It's ...
by sleepy
Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:02 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Re: Cdrom drive not recognised

maces wrote:LXDE is the Desktop Environment, not the Distribution (aka distri)!

Wired, what does happen, when you try it with simple cd's, storing files?

maces
So how do I find which distribution I'm using Maces?
How confusing all this is becoming :D
by sleepy
Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:52 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Re: Cdrom drive not recognised

"id" gives you the groups, your're in. for me it looks like that: "uid=xxxx(maces) gid=100(users) Gruppen=5(tty),50(games),90(network),91(video),92(audio),93(optical),95(storage),96(scanner),98(power),100(users),104(bluetooth)". Because I'm in the group "optical" (the ...
by sleepy
Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:21 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Re: Cdrom drive not recognised

Hi pmount is used for mounting storage as a normal user, but not by PCManFM, afaik. Check if you are in the group "optical". To do so, type in "id" in a console. If not, add your user to the group "optical" and remember to relogin to confirm the groupchanges. maces Hi ...
by sleepy
Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Re: Cdrom drive not recognised

Do you have "pmount" and "hal" packages installed? Hi Joel Just checked and did have hal but not pmount installed so have now added it but still doesn't seem to make a difference. I found that by going to usr/share/applications then clicking on 'removable drives and media'.Under...
by sleepy
Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:44 am
Forum: General Help
Topic: Cdrom drive not recognised
Replies: 11
Views: 7986

Cdrom drive not recognised

I have recently installed LXDE and cant seem to play audio Cd's.The discs are not being recognized in music player/Rhythm box and I have no auto detect which I would expect to see. If I click 'import files'tab then click on cdrom icon I receive this message 'Mount:I could not determine the filesyste...