wont mount cd dvd

Can you also give the output of:

cat /etc/fstab

Thanks

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'vol_id --uuid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# / was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=b0bac461-8e90-4092-b7b8-18645e87254f / ext3 relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=f949a3db-e440-4543-982b-0d4565727606 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0
otter@pond:~$

thanks

Can you give the output of:

file /dev/scd0; file /media/cdrom0

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otter@pond:~$ file /dev/scd0; file /media/cdrom0
/dev/scd0: symbolic link to `sr0'
/media/cdrom0: directory

Try changing the fstab from

/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

to

/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0

Then reboot, see how that goes.

here comes the noob in me how do i edit this with gedit?

some directions here please and thank you

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab will give you write access, gksudo is needed here for 2 reasons.

1. The app you are running is a graphical app so needs gksudo and NOT sudo
2. The file is not owned by your user so you need extra access to get write access to the file.

thanks for your time thus far sir or maam, unfortunately that doesnt clear it up

while i was waiting for a reponse initially i went to the library in town and tried to go to 9.10 with gnome

i was hoping it was a known bug and would irradicate itself but no luck

im not sure if the problem goes beyond this but my bios will no longer recognize the dvd to boot either

really cannot live without the dvd any more insight please

i have also tried to mount from cdrom folder in places which comes up blank and in computer cd/dvd for a drive

it simply hangs. in 9.04 it would give me the error "unable to mount" or "no media"

try:

sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0

also if i try to goto places>computer>cd>(right click to use other)movie player

error message says dont have permission to open file

otter@pond:~$ sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom0
[sudo] password for otter:
mount: /dev/sr0: unknown device

sudo mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0

Any better?

thanks again actionparsnip

otter@pond:~$ sudo mount /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0
mount: /dev/sr0: unknown device

changing the sr0 back to scd0 gives the same error report

cd /dev; ls | grep cd

What is output?

otter@pond:~$ cd /dev; ls | grep cd
cdrom
cdrw
pktcdvd
scd0
otter@pond:/dev$

can you give the output of:

groups

Thanks

sorry it took a little while to repost lost the internet connection

otter@pond:~$ groups
otter adm dialout cdrom plugdev lpadmin admin sambashare

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