[Herefordshire] Installing DVD-CDrom

[Mark Broadbent]

Noel McG. said:
> I have transferred to my Linux box an Asus DVD-ROM E616 player.  The
> system found it and seemed to set it up.  The first time that I
> re-booted it showed on the KDE desktop and worked.
> Since it does not show on the desktop at all, though if I put a disk in
> the led comes on and it tries to work.

A DVD-ROM to the O/S should be no different than a CD-ROM so _such_ behave
the same.  When you say it tried to work, in what way?  Did the light just
flash or did a new icon appear on the desktop.  Do you have to mount the
CD manually or is it automatic?  Outputs of the followings would be very
useful after you have booted the computer and then put the disc in the
drive.
$ cat /etc/fstab
$ dmesg

Thanks
Mark