Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-13 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 18:01:15 -0800 John Jason Jordan dijo: >On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:33:30 -0800 >John Jason Jordan dijo: > >Well, I just found on on eBay for $41.50 including shipping from Salt >Lake City, so I bought it. If I later determine that the

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:37:51 -0800 Bill Barry dijo: >Along the same lines, do CD's work? Maybe try a music cd and a data cd. Interesting suggestion! I just tried an old CD that had a movie on it, and it works just fine! Not sure what that means. :(

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Meissen
Are you sure it's not just dirty? I used to have a special "cleaning" CD that had a a little brush that would wipe the optics as it spun. I don't know if they still make those. You could try compressed air... ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:23 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:37:51 -0800 > Bill Barry dijo: > >>Along the same lines, do CD's work? Maybe try a music cd and a data cd. > > Interesting suggestion! I just tried an old CD that had a movie

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread Bill Barry
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Neal wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:37 PM, John Jason Jordan > wrote: > >> First thing this morning I decided to reboot (which I hate doing). >> Afterward the drive worked perfectly, but only for one movie. When it >> was

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 15:30:37 -0800 Neal dijo: >On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:37 PM, John Jason Jordan >wrote: > >> First thing this morning I decided to reboot (which I hate doing). >> Afterward the drive worked perfectly, but only for one movie. When it >> was

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 20:17:47 -0800 Dale Snell dijo: >On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:33:30 -0800, in message >20160107183330.01ccb158@Devil-Bonobo, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Lately programs complain that they can't read the media in the >> Bluray drive in my laptop. Dmesg reports

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread Neal
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:37 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > First thing this morning I decided to reboot (which I hate doing). > Afterward the drive worked perfectly, but only for one movie. When it > was over I unmounted and ejected the disk, then inserted a different > movie

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 16:29:02 -0800 "John Meissen" dijo: >Are you sure it's not just dirty? > >I used to have a special "cleaning" CD that had a a little brush that >would wipe the optics as it spun. I don't know if they still make >those. You could try compressed air... The

Re: [PLUG] Optical drive failure?

2016-01-07 Thread Dale Snell
On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 18:33:30 -0800, in message 20160107183330.01ccb158@Devil-Bonobo, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Lately programs complain that they can't read the media in the > Bluray drive in my laptop. Dmesg reports hundreds of errors like the > following: > > [551454.265635] end_request: I/O