Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Keith
On 12/26/2015 05:59 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > My laptop has a Bluray drive. When I insert a DVD Xubuntu 14.04.3 > automatically mounts it and usually opens a file browser window in > Thunar. In so doing it creates a mount point > in /media/jjj/. The problem is that when the DVD is > removed,

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 10:16:42PM -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > > "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: > > John> However, at this point the optical drive won't mount anything. I > John> tried half a dozen different DVDs, the light on the drive flashes > John> briefly, then stops. The mount c

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> However, at this point the optical drive won't mount anything. I John> tried half a dozen different DVDs, the light on the drive flashes John> briefly, then stops. The mount command does not see it, nor is John> there anything in the GUI file manage

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread King Beowulf
On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > If I plug in the USB drive the mount command adds a line: > > /dev/sdd1 on /media/jjj/128GB type ext4 > (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks2) > > And the drive works perfectly. > > However, at this point the optical drive won't mou

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:15:03 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: > >John> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:06:29 -0800 Russell Senior >John> dijo: > "johnxj" == johnxj writes: >>> >johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience >johnxj> t

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread David
On 12/29/2015 12:15 PM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: > > John> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:06:29 -0800 Russell Senior > John> dijo: > "johnxj" == johnxj writes: >>> > johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience the > johnxj> only w

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:06:29 -0800 Russell Senior John> dijo: >>> "johnxj" == johnxj writes: >> johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience the johnxj> only way I know to fix this problem is to reboot the johnxj> com

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 00:06:29 -0800 Russell Senior dijo: >> "johnxj" == johnxj writes: > >johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience >johnxj> the only way I know to fix this problem is to reboot the >johnxj> computer. Please don't tell me I must always reboot the >j

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Don Buchholz
On 12/29/2015 8:18 AM, Don Buchholz wrote: > On 12/29/2015 12:06 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >>> "johnxj" == johnxj writes: >> johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience the >> johnxj> only way I know to fix this problem is to reboot the >> johnxj> computer. Please don

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Don Buchholz
On 12/29/2015 12:06 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "johnxj" == johnxj writes: > johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience the > johnxj> only way I know to fix this problem is to reboot the > johnxj> computer. Please don't tell me I must always reboot the computer > jo

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive driving me crazy

2015-12-29 Thread Russell Senior
> "johnxj" == johnxj writes: johnxj> The computer is otherwise running fine. From past experience the johnxj> only way I know to fix this problem is to reboot the johnxj> computer. Please don't tell me I must always reboot the computer johnxj> in order to change an optical medium. :( johnxj