Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Thu, 7/3/08, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 12:44 AM On Thursday 03 July 2008, Norman Hakim wrote: Richard, I will try add this line to my /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 i will paste it the output here if error occur. And about usb,what command should i add so that i can mount my thumbdrive? These days it's much more common to let the desktop do that step for you. With a properly setup desktop, you can remove all references to cdroms and thumbdrives from fstab (leave only permanent mounts for disks etc in there) and rather use the icon that pops up on your desktop when you insert a usb drive. This works because fstab has no special qualities - it's just a list of standard drives you want to have mounted on your computer. What desktop do you use? I'm betting it's either gnome or kde -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- I'm using gnome desktop Regadrds, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: btw, all dvds use UDF, ISO9660 is a cd fs Wrong: UDF is just one filesystem amongst others and ISO-9660 is a general standard. In special: Video DVD players do not even need to understand UDF at all. They just search the first 1000 sectors for the *.IFO file signature and depend on the internal IFO structures. Jörg -- EMail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin [EMAIL PROTECTED](uni) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (work) Blog: http://schily.blogspot.com/ URL: http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/ ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/schily -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: 2008/7/2 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: Dirk, Sorry, I had misunderstood. But believe it or not, that way works fine for me. I insert a cdrom and gets automatically (or automagically maybe) mounted. I do not know, maybe is something about Gnome, but have no idea. Regards, Richard. Do you have hal installed? It could be installed as a dependency of something else. Also check for ivman as well. Dale :-) :-) -- Dale, Yes, I have HAL installed. Is that enough to auto-mount a device? It seems that it is. Regards, Richard. From what I recall, it takes hal and one other program to automount a CD, DVD, etc. I use hal and ivman myself. I think supermount or something like that was another way but if I recall correctly supermount has sort of fell off the map. Someone correct me if I am wrong here. It's been a while and sort of missed a lot of changes. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Hi, I've tried to add this line /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 and this is the output: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied If i mount it manually it is ok,no problem at all. I have no idea how i want to solve this problem. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Thursday 03 July 2008, Norman Hakim wrote: Hi, I've tried to add this line /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 and this is the output: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied What command produced this error, and what user did you run it as? (whoami will tell you this if you are not certain if you are root or not). Then run the id command with the name of that user as argument and post the output back here. Chances are you are doing it as a regular user who is not a member of the plugdev group If i mount it manually it is ok,no problem at all. I have no idea how i want to solve this problem. What command do you use to mount it manually, and as what user? -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Thursday 03 July 2008, Dale wrote: From what I recall, it takes hal and one other program to automount a CD, DVD, etc. I use hal and ivman myself. I think supermount or something like that was another way but if I recall correctly supermount has sort of fell off the map. supermount was a Mandrake app and it has indeed fallen off the map. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Thursday 03 July 2008, Norman Hakim wrote: What desktop do you use? I'm betting it's either gnome or kde -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- I'm using gnome desktop When you insert a CD, do you get an icon on the desktop that you can double click? -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/7/3 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I've tried to add this line /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 and this is the output: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied If i mount it manually it is ok,no problem at all. I have no idea how i want to solve this problem. Regards, Norman Norman, I guess that when you mounted manually, you did it as root. Linux is very safe, and won't let you do anything if you do not have permission. To set which user can and can not do certain things, there is something called groups. Your user belongs to a group, and then it can do certain things, like, for example, accessing your cdrom, playing audio, using usb, etc. You can see a good explanation of this at chapter 11 of the Gentoo Handbook [1]. So, my guess is that when you created your user for daily use, you did not include it in the cdrom group. Just type: $ groups As user to see which groups is your user in. For example, this is my user and the groups it belongs to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ groups wheel floppy audio cdrom video games usb portage plugdev ric If you want to add your user to a new group, for example cdrom, do the following: 1 - Check which groups you already belong with: $ groups (NOTE: you can skip this step, but it is useful to know which groups are you already in.) 2- Log in as root. 3- Add your user to a new group with: # usermod -a -G [goups] [user] For this example, supposing your user is norman and you want to add it to the cdrom group then: # usermod -a -G cdrom norman And that should be all. Regards, Richard. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=11 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 4:50 PM On Monday 30 June 2008, Eduardo Otubo wrote: Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem: Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) Or: $ dmesg | grep CD and: $ ls -la /dev/cd* -- Regards, Mick Dear Mick Richard, This is the output after i mount it manually: mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-proctected, mounting read-only Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Well, I think you did it, man! Just check out your /mnt/cdrom and see if your files are there :-) []'s On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Mon, 6/30/08, Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 4:50 PM On Monday 30 June 2008, Eduardo Otubo wrote: Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem: Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) Or: $ dmesg | grep CD and: $ ls -la /dev/cd* -- Regards, Mick Dear Mick Richard, This is the output after i mount it manually: mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-proctected, mounting read-only Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/7/2 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA Dear Mick Richard, This is the output after i mount it manually: mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-proctected, mounting read-only Regards, Norman Norman, Good, you did it, you mounted your cdrom. That message is just a warning, and it is only extra information that the mount command shows you, so you do not have to face any surprises. That warning is only telling you (as I said before) that your cdrom is a read-only media. If you want cdrom to automatically mount when you insert a cd, just add this line to your /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 And that should work just fine. Regards, Richard. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: If you want cdrom to automatically mount when you insert a cd, just add this line to your /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 Sorry, but that's nonsense. It tells the mount command that it should try to guess the filesystem type. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/7/2 Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: If you want cdrom to automatically mount when you insert a cd, just add this line to your /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 Sorry, but that's nonsense. It tells the mount command that it should try to guess the filesystem type. Bye... Dirk Dirk, Yes, I know. That is how it is explained as an example in the Gentoo Linux Handbook Chapter 8 [1] and it has worked for me so far. I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF format. Regards, Richard. [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=8 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF Yes, what I wrote what auto is for. mount will find out wether the media is iso9660 or udf, but it will _not_ cause the media to be mounted automatically when inserted, as you wrote previously. Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
In fact, To we get those things really automactly mounted, we need to install and configure 'ivman' and 'hald'. For those who speaks portuguese I have a great tutorial writen by a friend of mine: http://nottooamused.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/montando-dispositivos-automaticamente-no-gnulinux/ []'s On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF Yes, what I wrote what auto is for. mount will find out wether the media is iso9660 or udf, but it will _not_ cause the media to be mounted automatically when inserted, as you wrote previously. Bye... Dirk -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/7/2 Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF Yes, what I wrote what auto is for. mount will find out wether the media is iso9660 or udf, but it will _not_ cause the media to be mounted automatically when inserted, as you wrote previously. Bye... Dirk Dirk, Sorry, I had misunderstood. But believe it or not, that way works fine for me. I insert a cdrom and gets automatically (or automagically maybe) mounted. I do not know, maybe is something about Gnome, but have no idea. Regards, Richard. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: 2008/7/2 Dirk Heinrichs [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am Mittwoch, 2. Juli 2008 schrieb Ricardo Bevilacqua: I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF Yes, what I wrote what auto is for. mount will find out wether the media is iso9660 or udf, but it will _not_ cause the media to be mounted automatically when inserted, as you wrote previously. Bye... Dirk Dirk, Sorry, I had misunderstood. But believe it or not, that way works fine for me. I insert a cdrom and gets automatically (or automagically maybe) mounted. I do not know, maybe is something about Gnome, but have no idea. Regards, Richard. Do you have hal installed? It could be installed as a dependency of something else. Also check for ivman as well. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/7/2 Dale [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: Dirk, Sorry, I had misunderstood. But believe it or not, that way works fine for me. I insert a cdrom and gets automatically (or automagically maybe) mounted. I do not know, maybe is something about Gnome, but have no idea. Regards, Richard. Do you have hal installed? It could be installed as a dependency of something else. Also check for ivman as well. Dale :-) :-) -- Dale, Yes, I have HAL installed. Is that enough to auto-mount a device? It seems that it is. Regards, Richard. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Wed, 7/2/08, Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 11:49 AM 2008/7/2 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA Dear Mick Richard, This is the output after i mount it manually: mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-proctected, mounting read-only Regards, Norman Norman, Good, you did it, you mounted your cdrom. That message is just a warning, and it is only extra information that the mount command shows you, so you do not have to face any surprises. That warning is only telling you (as I said before) that your cdrom is a read-only media. If you want cdrom to automatically mount when you insert a cd, just add this line to your /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 And that should work just fine. Regards, Richard. -- Richard, I will try add this line to my /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 i will paste it the output here if error occur. And about usb,what command should i add so that i can mount my thumbdrive? Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Thursday 03 July 2008, Norman Hakim wrote: Richard, I will try add this line to my /etc/fstab: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 i will paste it the output here if error occur. And about usb,what command should i add so that i can mount my thumbdrive? These days it's much more common to let the desktop do that step for you. With a properly setup desktop, you can remove all references to cdroms and thumbdrives from fstab (leave only permanent mounts for disks etc in there) and rather use the icon that pops up on your desktop when you insert a usb drive. This works because fstab has no special qualities - it's just a list of standard drives you want to have mounted on your computer. What desktop do you use? I'm betting it's either gnome or kde -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Wednesday 02 July 2008, Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: Yes, I know. That is how it is explained as an example in the Gentoo Linux Handbook Chapter 8 [1] and it has worked for me so far. I am sure that you could specify one file system type, but I am not too sure if this really works at any case because a DVD could not follow the ISO 9660 standard. As far as I know, some DVD's use the UDF format. It only works if mount can figure out what the actual fs is at mount time. It does this by examining all known variations on the idea of a superblock. As long as a sane fs is in use, mounts invariably figures it out correctly. btw, all dvds use UDF, ISO9660 is a cd fs -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Norman, I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your first contact with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to modify that file because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which is the reference to install this distribution. As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you manually created a text file under /etc called fstab. This simple text file contains all the necessary information to, let's say auto-mount your different devices. This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: --- /dev/hdc1 /boot ext2defaults,noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc3 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/hdc2 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy autonoauto,rw,user 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/RICvfat defaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO vfatdefaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/USBautonoauto,rw,user # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shmtmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec0 0 --- Usually, adding this /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working =). If that does not work, then let us know and see if we can figure out something else. If it does work, then great! go on enjoying Gentoo Linux. You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution that gave m the chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you always have control over your own system, that is very important. Regards, Ricardo. (Richard) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=8 -- Cristian Gary, i've grouped it into plugdev. Richard, After i type this command /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 it shows: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied i've login using root account. i've right clicked at the cdrom to see the properties and under Permissions tab the Owner column stated unknown and i tried to change the Access column to Read and Write it popup The permisions could not be changed Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem: Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) []'s On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:23 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Norman, I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your first contact with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to modify that file because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which is the reference to install this distribution. As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you manually created a text file under /etc called fstab. This simple text file contains all the necessary information to, let's say auto-mount your different devices. This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: --- /dev/hdc1 /boot ext2defaults,noatime 1 2 /dev/hdc3 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/hdc2 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy autonoauto,rw,user 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/RICvfat defaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO vfatdefaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/USBautonoauto,rw,user # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shmtmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec0 0 --- Usually, adding this /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working =). If that does not work, then let us know and see if we can figure out something else. If it does work, then great! go on enjoying Gentoo Linux. You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution that gave m the chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you always have control over your own system, that is very important. Regards, Ricardo. (Richard) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=8 -- Cristian Gary, i've grouped it into plugdev. Richard, After i type this command /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 it shows: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied i've login using root account. i've right clicked at the cdrom to see the properties and under Permissions tab the Owner column stated unknown and i tried to change the Access column to Read and Write it popup The permisions could not be changed Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/6/30 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Cristian Gary, i've grouped it into plugdev. Richard, After i type this command /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 it shows: bash: /dev/cdrom: Permission denied Actually, the line /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0 is what you need to add to /etc/fstab to get your cdrom working. Sorry if I did not express myself correctly. i've login using root account. i've right clicked at the cdrom to see the properties and under Permissions tab the Owner column stated unknown and i tried to change the Access column to Read and Write it popup The permisions could not be changed Well, you can not change permissions to read and write, because the cdrom is a read-only media. Yes, I know you are able to burn a CD or a DVD, but it is not considered as writable media and it is mounted as a read-only file system. Just try by adding that line to your fstab, and if that does not work, then try to mount it manually as Eduardo Otubo says: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom And post the output here. Regards, Norman Regards, Richard. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
On Monday 30 June 2008, Eduardo Otubo wrote: Hi again, In fact, just like Ricardo said, my congrats to a person who wants to learn Linux starting by Gentoo :-) But, back to the problem: Then, I insist at the point: As root, try to mount it manually and paste the output here: # mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom Certify that /mnt/cdrom exists. :-) Or: $ dmesg | grep CD and: $ ls -la /dev/cd* -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
080629 Ricardo Bevilacqua wrote: 2008/6/28 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: this is my first time using Linux and i never have any experience using it before. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! -- useful advice snipped -- Gentoo is the only distribution that gave me the chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you always have control over your own system, that is very important. I can only echo the last 3 lines add my own sense of awe that anyone new to Linux got Gentoo running at the 1st shot ! -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Fri, 6/27/08, Eduardo Otubo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Eduardo Otubo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 10:04 AM Norman, First understand one thing: The terminal is always a good friend :-) Second, let's explain the fstab: Fstab (filesystem table) is a table with all the specification for you filesystem. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab. To check the content of fstab just type this on you terminal: $ cat /etc/fstab (and paste here the result of this command) Third, to mount manually a device, you need to know first which device is what on your Linux. Usually, cdrom is some /dev/hdc thing. Then, to mount it: $ mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom The strange things is: How did you installed gentoo without knowing this issues? :-) Hope this 2 cents helps you. Eduardo, I have checked the content of fstab and this is the result: /dev/hda1 /bootext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hda2 none swap s w 0 0 /dev/hda3 /ext3noatime 0 1 none /proc procdefaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 Honestly, at first when i installed gentoo,i just installed it by using the handbook and i thought it will be no problem. Actually this is my first time using Linux and i never have any experience using it before. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
2008/6/28 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Eduardo, I have checked the content of fstab and this is the result: /dev/hda1 /bootext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hda2 none swap s w 0 0 /dev/hda3 /ext3noatime 0 1 none /proc procdefaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 Honestly, at first when i installed gentoo,i just installed it by using the handbook and i thought it will be no problem. Actually this is my first time using Linux and i never have any experience using it before. Regards, Norman Norman, I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your first contact with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to modify that file because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which is the reference to install this distribution. As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you manually created a text file under /etc called fstab. This simple text file contains all the necessary information to, let's say auto-mount your different devices. This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: --- /dev/hdc1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime1 2 /dev/hdc3 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/hdc2 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy autonoauto,rw,user 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/RICvfat defaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO vfatdefaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/USBautonoauto,rw,user # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shmtmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec0 0 --- Usually, adding this /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working =). If that does not work, then let us know and see if we can figure out something else. If it does work, then great! go on enjoying Gentoo Linux. You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution that gave m the chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you always have control over your own system, that is very important. Regards, Ricardo. (Richard) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=8 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
are you in the group plugdev ?? On 6/29/08, Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/28 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Eduardo, I have checked the content of fstab and this is the result: /dev/hda1 /bootext2defaults 1 2 /dev/hda2 none swap s w 0 0 /dev/hda3 /ext3noatime 0 1 none /proc procdefaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 Honestly, at first when i installed gentoo,i just installed it by using the handbook and i thought it will be no problem. Actually this is my first time using Linux and i never have any experience using it before. Regards, Norman Norman, I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your first contact with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to modify that file because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which is the reference to install this distribution. As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you manually created a text file under /etc called fstab. This simple text file contains all the necessary information to, let's say auto-mount your different devices. This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: --- /dev/hdc1 /boot ext2defaults,noatime1 2 /dev/hdc3 / reiserfsnoatime 0 1 /dev/hdc2 noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy autonoauto,rw,user 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/RICvfatdefaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO vfatdefaults,noatime,user 0 0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/USBautonoauto,rw,user # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! proc/proc procdefaults0 0 # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will # use almost no memory if not populated with files) shm /dev/shmtmpfsnodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0 --- Usually, adding this /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom autonoauto,ro,user 0 0 should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working =). If that does not work, then let us know and see if we can figure out something else. If it does work, then great! go on enjoying Gentoo Linux. You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution that gave m the chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you always have control over your own system, that is very important. Regards, Ricardo. (Richard) [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1chap=8 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Cristian Gonzalo Gary Bufadel
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 8:26 PM 2008/6/26 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, i'm having problem to mount cdrom,cdrw,usb.i have group my user account to all these groups and i can see the icons of cdrom,cdrw,usb but once i double clicked to open it nothing happen. I suspect there is mounting problem to these three drives. Regards, Norman Norman, Maybe you have to check your fstab (posting it here might be a good idea). If that is right, then you should try to mount those drives manually and see the result. Regards, Richard. -- Richard, Actually i'm really new to this Gentoo Linux and also Linux world,can u explain to me how to check the fstab? and how to mount those drives manually? Thanks. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb
Norman, First understand one thing: The terminal is always a good friend :-) Second, let's explain the fstab: Fstab (filesystem table) is a table with all the specification for you filesystem. Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fstab. To check the content of fstab just type this on you terminal: $ cat /etc/fstab (and paste here the result of this command) Third, to mount manually a device, you need to know first which device is what on your Linux. Usually, cdrom is some /dev/hdc thing. Then, to mount it: $ mount /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom The strange things is: How did you installed gentoo without knowing this issues? :-) Hope this 2 cents helps you. On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:25 AM, Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NORMAN HAKIM YAHYA --- On Thu, 6/26/08, Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ricardo Bevilacqua [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problem mounting cdrom,cdrw,usb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thursday, June 26, 2008, 8:26 PM 2008/6/26 Norman Hakim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, i'm having problem to mount cdrom,cdrw,usb.i have group my user account to all these groups and i can see the icons of cdrom,cdrw,usb but once i double clicked to open it nothing happen. I suspect there is mounting problem to these three drives. Regards, Norman Norman, Maybe you have to check your fstab (posting it here might be a good idea). If that is right, then you should try to mount those drives manually and see the result. Regards, Richard. -- Richard, Actually i'm really new to this Gentoo Linux and also Linux world,can u explain to me how to check the fstab? and how to mount those drives manually? Thanks. Regards, Norman -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Eduardo Otubo Linux Registered User #424252 http://otubo.net |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
