F11 and CD Failure

[Aaron Konstam]

> >   
> I tried this on F9, it does not seem to work:
> 
> # mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/sr0 /media/cd
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr0,
>        missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>        In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
>        dmesg | tail  or so
Yoour type was wrong. Are audio CDs for example iso99660? 
> 
> Interestingly,  removing the CD from the drive results:
> # mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/sr0 /media/cd
> mount: No medium found
Is yoour CD drive /dev/sro or /dev/sr1? 
> 
> Note: /dev/cdrom does not work.  I tried this for both
> of my CD CD/DVD drives and I note that the devices
> respectively are: /dev/sr0 and /dev/sr1
> 
> # mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /media/cd
> mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist
> 
You have no /dev/cdrom it looks like. 
> But then again, on F9 (as I reported earlier), hal is able
> to recognize both of my drives and to automount and
> start the default audio CD application perfectly.

> 
> So - something is wrong with F11's device handlers...
> or so I think.
> 
> I cannot think of what else to try...
> 
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