Greetings, On 7/18/05, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R2412 in my portable. > #lshw <reveals>: > *-cdrom > description: DVD reader > product: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2412 > vendor: Toshiba > physical id: 0 > bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > logical name: /dev/hdc > version: 1015 > serial: Z34A308331 > capabilities: packet atapi cdrom > removable nonmagnetic dma lba iordy audio cd-r cd-rw dvd > > K3b gives me this error message: > Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: only root can mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 on /mnt/cdrom
Well, its pretty obvious that root only can mount, and you're using k3b without root privileges (as a normal user), dus you can't mount it, nor use it. > /etc/fstab has this entry: > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 Something like the "user" option is missing, that would allow your normal user to mount and use the drive, make it: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 user,noauto,ro 0 0 > # ls -alg /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 <reveals> > lr-xr-xr-x 1 root 33 Dec 31 1969 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 -> > ../ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd > > /etc/group has this entry: > cdrom::19:root,james > > Should I pass parameters to the device at boot > time via /etc/conf.d/hdparm file? There's no need for that. > The cdrom works to play music and I can manually mount CDs with > # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > to copy file off the cd. You do that as root, don't you, and besides, a cdda player don't need to mount cdroms, it uses the device itself in read-only mode. But to copy files, you need to mount, and to mount you must be root, or change the fstab file as stated above. > So why the error message? > What did I miss? > Better Ideas on cdrom configuration are most welcome. > As I should be able to burn CDs with this device > and watch DVD movies? > You should be able to do all you can do with your drive, in your case, I believe you can read cds and read dvds, but as far as I know, you can't burn cds, its a dvd drive, not a cdrw or a combo. (at least considering the name, I may be wrong) > > James > > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Daniel da Veiga Computer Operator - RS - Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
