On 11 Mar 2006, Joachim B Haga wrote: > I have an external usb DVD writer, branded "Samsung Writemaster" > (TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-W162C). When it is connected, it is recognised by > usb-storage, but it is not added as a device (device nodes are not > created etc). > > I have an external usb hard drive enclosure and an ogg/mp3 player > which both work fine. Comparing the logs when attaching the hard drive > to attaching the the dvd writer, the differences are: > > [udevmonitor, missing lines for the dvd writer marked with "-"] > > UEVENT[] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1 > UEVENT[] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0 > UEVENT[] add@/class/scsi_host/host3 > UEVENT[] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev4.5 > UDEV [] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1 > UDEV [] add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0 > UDEV [] add@/class/scsi_host/host3 > UDEV [] add@/class/usb_device/usbdev4.5 > UEVENT[] > add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 > -UEVENT[] add@/block/sda > -UEVENT[] add@/block/sda/sda1 > UEVENT[] add@/class/scsi_device/3:0:0:0 > UDEV [] > add@/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.3/usb4/4-1/4-1:1.0/host3/target3:0:0/3:0:0:0 > UDEV [] add@/class/scsi_device/3:0:0:0 > -UDEV [] add@/block/sda > -UDEV [] add@/block/sda/sda1
Looks like nothing is wrong at all. Your mistake is thinking that a DVD device would should up as a disk. It doesn't; it shows up as a CD-type device. You need to have the sr-mod module loaded. Then the drive will show up as /dev/sr0 (or /dev/scd0 on RedHat-based systems). Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
