dvd mount error

ubuntu mounts cds or dvds automatically as far as i know . ( mounts at /media/cdrom* )

that was the case with 9.04, it worked perfectly. But after my upgrade to 9.10, thats where the issues started.

i have also tried using VLC to try n mount a DVD and all i get is
"VLC is unable to open the MRL 'dvd:///dev/sr0'"
i really need some help on this on.

whats the error message ?
can you provide more info ?

however maybe these can help :

insert your cdrom in the drive and then enter these commands into terminal :

sudo mkdir ~/Desktop/cdrom
sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom ~/Desktop/cdrom

now open the folder named cdrom on your desktop

you can use /dev/cdrw for rewritable cds
                    /dev/dvdrom for write protected dvds
                    /dev/dvdrw for rewritable dvds .

instead of /dev/cdrom in mount command

/dev/dvd is correct not /dev/dvdrom

This is the error message i get from the terminal

sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/dvd ~/Desktop/dvdrom
mount: special device /dev/dvd does not exist

After running the commands in the terminal, folders are created on the desktop but on opening; the folders are empty and yet the DVD i inserted in the rom has data on it

i think your dvdrom drive's not recognized at all .

whould you please post results of the following command ?

sudo lshw -class disk

results on my own laptop :

  *-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: DVD-RAM UJ-842S
       vendor: MATSHITA
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/scd0
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: 1.01
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: SAMSUNG HM160JI
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: AD10
       serial: S0KXJ15LC01709
       size: 149GiB (160GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=23ca2597

thx

This is the result i get...

*-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: WDC WD800JD-60LS
       vendor: Western Digital
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 10.0
       serial: WD-WMAM9HJ65839
       size: 74GiB (80GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=d54bd54b
  *-cdrom
       description: SCSI CD-ROM
       product: Mass Storage
       vendor: HUAWEI
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@12:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom1
       logical name: /dev/scd0
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: 2.31
       capabilities: removable audio
       configuration: ansiversion=2 status=ready
     *-medium
          physical id: 0
          logical name: /dev/cdrom1
          capabilities: partitioned partitioned:mac

you should be able to mount cds with this command on your pc :

sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom1 ~/Desktop/cdrom

if you cant it should be related to this bug : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hal/+bug/405792 .
maybe .