On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 05:13, Filippos Klironomos wrote: > > So we have to start digging! What is your kernel version? Do a 'uname > -a' and post. Then post the contents of /proc/ide/hdX where X is the > letter associated with /dev/cdrom. The do a > > /sbin/lsmod > > and post the results after you instert a valid cd (with iso9660 > filesystem that is) and try to mount it. By the output we will know > what your kernel thinks about your cd drive and what modules are > actually managing it. > > This is the third post that I count this month that has some sort of > CD related problems... hmmm... Linux obsidian 2.6.8-1.521 #1 Mon Aug 16 09:01:18 EDT 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux contents of hdc capacity driver identify media model settings /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by vfat 12481 0 fat 39393 1 vfat nls_utf8 1729 0 loop 12489 2 udf 79429 0 snd_seq_oss 35840 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8064 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 57616 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss 48808 0 snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_intel8x0 35404 1 snd_ac97_codec 63952 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 88584 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 29188 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9736 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 9216 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 25636 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8200 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd 51172 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 7713 1 snd vmnet 28688 12 vmmon 45088 0 parport_pc 21249 1 lp 9133 0 parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 20677 0 sunrpc 141861 1 forcedeth 15937 0 floppy 54001 0 sg 28513 0 dm_mod 47317 0 sd_mod 17473 0 usb_storage 58121 0 scsi_mod 105360 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage ohci_hcd 19793 0 ehci_hcd 27973 0 button 4825 0 battery 7117 0 asus_acpi 9177 0 ac 3533 0 ext3 96937 3 jbd 66521 1 ext3 I now put a CD in with filesystem and tried to mount it then ran /sbin/lsmod again /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by vfat 12481 0 fat 39393 1 vfat nls_utf8 1729 1 loop 12489 2 udf 79429 0 snd_seq_oss 35840 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8064 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 57616 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_pcm_oss 48808 0 snd_mixer_oss 18048 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_intel8x0 35404 1 snd_ac97_codec 63952 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_pcm 88584 2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_intel8x0 snd_timer 29188 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9736 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_mpu401_uart 9216 1 snd_intel8x0 snd_rawmidi 25636 1 snd_mpu401_uart snd_seq_device 8200 3 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi snd 51172 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device soundcore 7713 1 snd vmnet 28688 12 vmmon 45088 0 parport_pc 21249 1 lp 9133 0 parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp autofs4 20677 0 sunrpc 141861 1 forcedeth 15937 0 floppy 54001 0 sg 28513 0 dm_mod 47317 0 sd_mod 17473 0 usb_storage 58121 0 scsi_mod 105360 3 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage ohci_hcd 19793 0 ehci_hcd 27973 0 button 4825 0 battery 7117 0 asus_acpi 9177 0 ac 3533 0 ext3 96937 3 jbd 66521 1 ext3 Thanks a lot everyone for helping troubleshoot this.