[Klug-general] dvd problems

[George Prowse]

On 18/10/2011 16:52, sharon kimble wrote:
> i've just tried to load a blank DVD into the DVD drive in preparation of
> burning it, and it rattles around but is not 'seen'. The widget in the system
> tray doesn’t show that its seen, so i guess that its not seen. Neither k3b or
> brassero see the blank DVD either and just prompt me to insert a blank disc.
> I've tried it with two different makes of DVD but neither is seen.
>
> So I inserted a burnt DVD that it did a few days ago, and it doesn’t see that
> either. I've tried ...... mount /media/cdrom ....... but it just comes back
> with "mount: no medium found on /dev/sr0"
>
> Any ideas please for solutions to my problem?
>
> Sharon.
The only thing you can really do is test it with a pre-burned dvd (best 
try it with a cd as well) and if neither works then it is broken.

George