Cannot find DVD drive

[Timothy Murphy]

Aldo Foot wrote:

>> I'm afraid this may be a very ignorant question,
>> but how do I access the DVD drive on my desktop?
>>
>> It is shown by lshal:
>> --------------------------
>> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
>>  block.storage_device
>> = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'  (string)
>>  info.product = 'DVD-ROM DRD-841B'  (string)
>>  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
>> (string)
> 
> When I do lshal in my F8 box I get this (way down in the output):
> 
> udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_SD_R1312'
> access_control.file = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
> block.device = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
> linux.device_file = '/dev/sg0'  (string)
> 
> I'm just curious: do you get any of that?

Yes, I do get that:
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udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_ROM_DRD_841B'
  access_control.file = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
  access_control.grant_local_session = true  (bool)
  block.device = '/dev/sr0'  (string)
--------------------------

I did actually know /dev/cdrom was a link to /dev/sr0,
but I get the same result when trying to mount the latter:
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[root at alfred tim]# mount /dev/sr0 /mnt/cdrom
mount: No medium found
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I guess there may be something wrong with the drive.
It's rather ancient.
I'll try it in another machine.

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