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Sharon<br>I had this experience with a DVD drive when my main PC broke, and I had to use a spare....<br>It turned out the DVD machine couldn't use the type of medium....I don't recall if it was dvd+r, or -r, but I even looked for a firmware update....but to no avail<br>Changing the DVD machine itself for a newer type that did all media was the only thing that totally solved the problem, in the end - it only cost about £17, and took about 20minutes to fit, if I recall<br><br>Good Luck! <br><br>Aitch<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br><div>> From: boudiccas@talktalk.net<br>> To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:49:13 +0100<br>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] dvd problems<br>> <br>> On Tuesday 18 October 2011 17:30:57 George Prowse wrote:<br>> > On 18/10/2011 16:52, sharon kimble wrote:<br>> > > i've just tried to load a blank DVD into the DVD drive in preparation of<br>> > > burning it, and it rattles around but is not 'seen'. The widget in the<br>> > > system tray doesn’t show that its seen, so i guess that its not seen.<br>> > > Neither k3b or brassero see the blank DVD either and just prompt me to<br>> > > insert a blank disc. I've tried it with two different makes of DVD but<br>> > > neither is seen.<br>> > > <br>> > > So I inserted a burnt DVD that it did a few days ago, and it doesn’t see<br>> > > that either. I've tried ...... mount /media/cdrom ....... but it just<br>> > > comes back with "mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0"<br>> > > <br>> > > Any ideas please for solutions to my problem?<br>> > > <br>> > > Sharon.<br>> > <br>> > The only thing you can really do is test it with a pre-burned dvd (best<br>> > try it with a cd as well) and if neither works then it is broken.<br>> > <br>> > George<br>> <br>> Thanks George, its loaded a music CD and a shop-bought DVD which is a good <br>> sign, but its just refusing to load the blank DVD's. <br>> <br>> Thanks<br>> Sharon.<br>> -- <br>> A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk/taste/index.html<br>> efever = http://www.efever.blogspot.com/<br>> efever = http://sharon04.livejournal.com/<br>> Debian 6,0.3, KDE 4.4.5, LibreOffice 3.4.3<br>> Registered Linux user 334501 <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Kent mailing list<br>> Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br></div> </div></body>
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