Ubuntu Can't See my Dvd Drive

[Sugi]

I have never been able to get my dvd drive working within ubuntu. But my bios sees the drive, but linux does not.

First, what's the command to show all my connected cd drives?

Sugi

[Sugi]

Memorex dvd burner. BUMP

[Sugi]

Memorex dvd burner. BUMP

[Guille Damke]

Hi,

I guess DVD drives should be recognized out of the box. Have you checked the hardware compatibility or incompatibility lists?


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=361236


http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=361237

You can check your hardware doing:


sudo lshw

Good luck.

[Sugi]

description: Mini Tower Computer
product: P6320A-ABA 760N
vendor: HP Pavilion 04
version: 70000TG101DANUB
serial: MX21214356 NA240
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3
configuration: boot=normal chassis=mini-tower uuid=008F7551-7B38-D611-9B74-8AE127278698
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: P4B266LA
vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
physical id: 0
version: REV 1.xx
serial: MB-1234567890
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Award Software, Inc.
physical id: 0
version: 3.02 (11/22/2001)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 448KiB
capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppynec int13floppytoshiba int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb agp ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.1.2
slot: PGA 478
size: 1800MHz
capacity: 2400MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm up pebs bts sync_rdtsc
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 8
slot: L1 Cache
size: 8KiB
capacity: 32KiB
capabilities: internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 9
slot: L2 Cache
size: 256KiB
capacity: 1MiB
capabilities: internal write-back
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: 27
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
capacity: 2GiB
*-bank:0
description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
physical id: 0
slot: DIMM 1
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
*-bank:1
description: DIMM DRAM Synchronous
physical id: 1
slot: DIMM 2
size: 512MiB
width: 64 bits
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel module=intel_agp
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 04
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:02:08.0
logical name: eth0
version: 03
serial: 00:e0:18:5e:61:ab
size: 100MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e100 driverversion=3.5.23-k4-NAPI duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.102 latency=32 link=yes maxlatency=56 mingnt=8 module=e100 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100MB/s
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:02:09.0
version: a1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=248 maxlatency=1 mingnt=5 module=nvidia
*-multimedia
description: Multimedia audio controller
product: SB Audigy LS
vendor: Creative Labs
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:02:0b.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=CA0106 latency=32 maxlatency=20 mingnt=2 module=snd_ca0106
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC)
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-ide
description: IDE interface
product: 82801BA IDE U100 Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.1
logical name: scsi0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ide bus_master emulated
configuration: driver=ata_piix latency=0 module=ata_piix
*-disk:0
description: ATA Disk
product: ST340016A
vendor: Seagate
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 3.10
serial: 3HS28KH5
size: 37GiB (40GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=2ff87bf4
*-volume:0
description: Linux swap volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 1
serial: 07e7c12e-2270-4191-961c-3fe603afa122
size: 486MiB
capacity: 486MiB
capabilities: primary nofs swap initialized
configuration: filesystem=swap pagesize=4096
*-volume:1
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
logical name: /
logical name: /dev/.static/dev
version: 1.0
serial: b8906b2b-5c70-4b0c-9de0-cf28c6e1b52f
size: 9538MiB
capacity: 9538MiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-07-25 02:07:37 filesystem=ext3 modified=2009-01-09 08:50:02 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2009-01-09 08:50:02 state=mounted
*-volume:2
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
logical name: /home
version: 1.0
serial: 8fa91302-1449-4b49-8d20-10c135eddf28
size: 27GiB
capacity: 27GiB
capabilities: primary journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-07-25 02:07:43 filesystem=ext3 modified=2009-01-09 08:50:47 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2009-01-09 08:50:47 state=mounted
*-disk:1
description: ATA Disk
product: WDC WD1200BB-22C
vendor: Western Digital
physical id: 0.1.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
version: 16.0
serial: WD-WMA8C1273010
size: 111GiB (120GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=204e2518
*-volume
description: EXT3 volume
vendor: Linux
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.1.0,1
logical name: /dev/sdb1
logical name: /mnt/sdb
version: 1.0
serial: b1042781-901c-47b7-83c6-64c5ad4b4833
size: 111GiB
capacity: 111GiB
capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files recover ext3 ext2 initialized
configuration: created=2008-05-01 11:14:10 filesystem=ext3 label=/mnt/sdb modified=2009-01-09 08:50:47 mount.fstype=ext3 mount.options=rw,noatime,relatime,data=ordered mounted=2009-01-09 08:50:47 state=mounted
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.4
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0 module=uhci_hcd


I will check out the list later on today. Thank you for the information.

Sugi

[forger]

try this:

lspci -nn

Perhaps some ATA/SATA controllers aren't identified.
Did you connect the dvd yourself? Are you 100% SURE you have connected your DVD correctly on the machine?

[Sugi]

Yep, I built this old computer ages ago. I press the button on the dvd drive and it opens and closes, but it can't read anything.


00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host Bridge [8086:1a30] (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge [8086:1a31] (rev 04)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) [8086:2440] (rev 05)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 Controller [8086:244b] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2442] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller [8086:2443] (rev 05)
00:1f.4 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 [8086:2444] (rev 05)
02:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller [8086:2449] (rev 03)
02:09.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] [10de:0322] (rev a1)
02:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Creative Labs SB Audigy LS [1102:0007]


Sugi

[forger]

Have you tried other operating systems?
Can you boot using the Live CD from that drive?

It's probably getting old and needs replacement.. dvd drives usually fail to respond after some time. :confused:

[Sugi]

I have tried it with an hard installation of fedora, opensuse, puppy, and dsl. (dsl was on a disk) Every single one of them got installed from that dvd drive. So the drive does work....

Sugi

[forger]

I have never been able to get my dvd drive working within ubuntu.
So what exactly does not work?

Maybe you should file a bug about it: http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug

In your bug report include the output of:


lspci -nn
sudo lshw -C disk