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DVD drive is not being recognized by ubuntu

Asked by Cord Hantke

Hi, I am using

Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic

If I've understood the following outprint of my system's "fstab" right, then my ubuntu does not recognize my DVD drive at all:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' 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>
# / was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=7852e422-5024-4002-a6fc-45d17fbd9226 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=8423-FFF1 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0

The DVD drive opens and closes, but apparently, the drive is not being recognized by ubuntu. What can I do in order to obtain access to the DVD drive? Thank you.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

The contents of the fstab file are static and only reflect the hard disks. If you plug in external media (like USB sticks or USB hard disks) they also are not shown in the fstab file.

The current (volatile) status of the storage devices is shown with the command
mount

Is there a readable medium in the DVD drive?
If you open the file explorer program, do you see the DVD there?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C disk; sudo lshw -C drive; lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#3
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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#4
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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#5

*-disk
       Beschreibung: ATA Disk
       Produkt: ADATA SU630
       Physische ID: 0.0.0
       Bus-Informationen: scsi@0:0.0.0
       Logischer Name: /dev/sda
       Version: 0A0
       Seriennummer: 2J1520066668
       Größe: 223GiB (240GB)
       Fähigkeiten: gpt-1.00 partitioned partitioned:gpt
       Konfiguration: ansiversion=5 guid=d7e3f037-d28e-4bb6-a982-b35b5e424329 logicalsectorsize=512 sectorsize=512
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
Linux cord 5.4.0-47-generic #51~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Sat Sep 5 14:35:50 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

Your output does not show a DVD drive, but this can have several reasons.

What kind of computer and DVD drive is this? Desktop/tower/laptop/tablet, built-in DVD drive or external (e.g. connected via USB)?
If you reboot and enter BIOS, is the DVD drive shown there?
Is this a dual-boot system or Ubuntu only?

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#7

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