F-18 CDROM problem - MORE -

[Ed Greshko]

On 03/19/13 00:46, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
> On 15/03/13 20:00, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote:
>>
>> I installed an "optical drive" in this F-18/64 XFCE computer and it is apparently recognized by several applications however I don't see an icon come up on the desktop when I put a cdrom in the drive. The same disk works as expected in a similar F-18 computer.
>>
>> When I put the disk in the drive the light flickers for a while and then stops, no icon appears, and it is reluctant to eject.
>>
>> [bobg at box10 ~]$ ll /dev/sg1
>> crw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 21, 1 Mar 16  2013 /dev/sg1
>>
>> I don't know how to troubleshoot this so any help is appreciated.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>
> At least part of the problem is "/dev/cdrom -> sr0" is not being created. I still don't understand all of this but I see the following on this computer:
>
> [root at box10 bobg]# udevadm info --query=all --name=/dev/sr0
> P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
> N: sr0
> E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
> E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0
> E: DEVTYPE=disk
> E: MAJOR=11
> E: MINOR=0
> E: SUBSYSTEM=block
>
> While on another computer set up identically but in which the optical drive was present when Fedora-18 was installed:
>
> [bobg at Box7 ~]$  udevadm info --query=all --name=/dev/sr0
> P: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr0
> N: sr0
> L: -100
> S: cdrom
> S: disk/by-id/ata-PLDS_DVD+_-RW_DH-16A6S
> E: DEVLINKS=/dev/cdrom /dev/disk/by-id/ata-PLDS_DVD+_-RW_DH-16A6S
> E: DEVNAME=/dev/sr0
> E: DEVPATH=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata3/host2/target2:0:0/2:0:0:0/block/sr0
> E: DEVTYPE=disk
> E: ID_ATA=1
> E: ID_ATA_SATA=1
> E: ID_ATA_SATA_SIGNAL_RATE_GEN1=1
> E: ID_BUS=ata
> E: ID_CDROM=1
> E: ID_CDROM_CD=1
> E: ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
> E: ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_RW=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_PLUS_R_DL=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_R=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RAM=1
> E: ID_CDROM_DVD_RW=1
> E: ID_CDROM_MRW=1
> E: ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
> E: ID_MODEL=PLDS_DVD+_-RW_DH-16A6S
> E: ID_MODEL_ENC=PLDS\x20DVD+\x2f-RW\x20DH-16A6S\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20\x20
> E: ID_REVISION=YD11
> E: ID_SERIAL=PLDS_DVD+_-RW_DH-16A6S
> E: ID_TYPE=cd
> E: MAJOR=11
> E: MINOR=0
> E: MPATH_SBIN_PATH=/sbin
> E: SUBSYSTEM=block
> E: TAGS=:seat:systemd:uaccess:
> E: UDISKS_PRESENTATION_NOPOLICY=0
> E: USEC_INITIALIZED=662366
>
> It seems obvious that this is related to my problem. There must be a right way to add an DVD/CD drive after the initial operating system installation?
>
> Certainly I should not have to re-install Fedora 18 to get the optical drive to work?
>
> Bob
>

Remember you posted....

Mar 16 23:32:18 box10 systemd-udevd[543]: failed to execute '/usr/lib/udev/pci-db' 'pci-db /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0': No such file or directory
Mar 16 23:32:18 box10 mtp-probe[550]: checking bus 3, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.0/usb3/3-5"
Mar 16 23:32:18 box10 mtp-probe[551]: checking bus 4, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.0/usb4/4-1"
Mar 16 04:32:49 box10 systemd-udevd[447]: timeout 'ata_id --export /dev/sr0'
Mar 16 04:32:49 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: worker [447] /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 timeout; kill it
Mar 16 04:32:49 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: seq 1736 '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0' killed
Mar 16 04:32:49 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: worker [447] terminated by signal 9 (Killed)
Mar 16 04:37:03 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: worker [2008] /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0 timeout; kill it
Mar 16 04:37:03 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: seq 2172 '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/ata2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block/sr0' killed
Mar 16 04:37:03 box10 systemd-udevd[400]: worker [2008] terminated by signal 9 (Killed)

Did you check the logs on the "working" system to see if it has similar errors?  If not, it would seem you have HW problems.

What kind of drive is it?  Can you swap cables, etc from the working system to the failing system?

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