On Sun, 2008-08-31 at 21:18 +0100, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Nataraj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> When I try to open the DVD burner tray with the command eject, I get > >> >> the following problem: > >> >> > >> >> $ eject > >> >> eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom' > >> >> $ > >> >> > >> >> Any ideas? > >> > > >> > Use "eject /dev/name-of-dvd-device". If you're not sure what the device > >> > name is, an easy way to find out is by firing up k3b, which will look > >> > for it (there are probably quicker ways but this works). > >> > >> Thanks, Patrick. K3b does not see the inserted CD. > >> > >> The problem that I am reporting did not occur before. I suspect that > >> some updates may have destroyed what was correctly working. > >> > >> Any further ideas? > > > > /dev/sr0 > > /dev/sr1 > > No progress: > > $ eject /dev/sr0 > eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sr0' > $ eject /dev/sr1 > eject: unable to find or open device for: `/dev/sr1' > $ > > Paul
Check /var/log/messages or run /bin/dmesg right after booting. If you have a recent standard kernel, it should detect the cdrom drive and load a driver for it. Mine looks like this: Aug 31 11:03:16 whitewave kernel: scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM PLEXTOR DVDR PX-712A 1.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Aug 31 11:03:17 whitewave kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Aug 31 11:03:17 whitewave kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 There may be other unrelated lines between these lines in the messages file. Once you've verified that the kernel sees your drive and is loading a driver, you can create inode entry in /dev with something like this: cd /dev ./MAKEDEV sr Then you can create a symlink to /dev/cdrom ln -s ./sr0 cdrom Unless your system is screwed up in some other way, my sense is that this should work. Otherwise you can use mknod to create the device. nataraj -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
