CD/DVD drive not found. (No problem found, now working)

[wayne1932]

Just did an install of 2010.12 on my wife's computer and did full update.  Installed from CD in this drive.  After install, it is nowhere to be found.  I did this install (she uses XP) to help burn a bunch of CDs.  When I opened K3b it complained it found no recorder, and said check if HAL is running--yes it is.  Went to PCC>hardware, and didn't find a drive there either,  and neither did harddrake2.  

This is a SONY DRU180A EIDE drive, works OK under XP, but the burning software there sucks.

What's next?

[AS]

wayne1932,

can you post the output of "lspci" command ?

AS

[wayne1932]

lscpi output from root

00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 PCI to PCI Bridge (Internal gfx)
00:12.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 Non-Raid-5 SATA
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI0)
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI1)
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI2)
00:13.3 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI3)
00:13.4 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB (OHCI4)
00:13.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 USB Controller (EHCI)
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 14)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 PCI to LPC Bridge
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS690 [Radeon X1200 Series]
02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)

[AS]

please try "lspci -v", we are interested at the device "00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE", and to the related kernel modules,
then please add also the output of the "lsmod" command.

AS

[Old-Polack]

please try "lspci -v", we are interested at the device "00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE", and to the related kernel modules,
then please add also the output of the "lsmod" command.

AS

Better, for clarity;

[prompt ~]$ lspci -v -s 00:14.1

[wayne1932]

Thanks guys.

lspci -v -s

Code:

00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB600 IDE (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 81ef
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 16
I/O ports at 01f0 [size=8]
I/O ports at 03f4 [size=1]
I/O ports at 0170 [size=8]
I/O ports at 0374 [size=1]
I/O ports at f900 [size=16]
Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
Kernel modules: atiixp, pata_atiixp

lsmod output

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by
lp                      7043  0
snd_usb_audio          64903  0
snd_usb_lib            13866  1 snd_usb_audio
snd_rawmidi            16323  1 snd_usb_lib
radeon                512825  2
ttm                    43956  1 radeon
drm_kms_helper         23902  1 radeon
drm                   144709  5 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper
i2c_algo_bit            4134  1 radeon
af_packet              14122  2
ipv6                  222857  14
binfmt_misc             5590  1
loop                   10919  0
dm_mod                 55938  0
ohci1394               22696  0
sbp2                   16049  0
raw1394                16911  0
ieee1394               69727  3 ohci1394,sbp2,raw1394
fuse                   49640  0
usblp                   8906  0
snd_hda_codec_realtek   191735  1
snd_hda_intel          19013  2
snd_hda_codec          66319  2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               4802  2 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_dummy           1266  0
snd_seq_oss            22774  0
snd_seq_midi_event      5464  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                40753  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          5214  4 snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss            29040  0
i2c_piix4               7524  0
snd_pcm                58856  4 snd_usb_audio,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
i2c_core               18110  5 radeon,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_piix4
snd_timer              15794  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss          11096  1 snd_pcm_oss
8139too                16325  0
mii                     3885  1 8139too
rtc_cmos                6929  0
fan                     2879  0
snd                    46351  18 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mixer_oss
k8temp                  2799  0
ehci_hcd               27927  0
shpchp                 23804  0
soundcore               5680  1 snd
ppdev                   4676  0
parport_pc             26665  1
pci_hotplug            22676  1 shpchp
snd_page_alloc          6506  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
sr_mod                 11640  0
ohci_hcd               17668  0
sg                     21491  0
asus_atk0110            8471  0
parport                28094  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc
evdev                   6341  7
floppy                 44968  0
thermal                10903  0
processor              29811  0
cdrom                  28716  1 sr_mod
button                  4713  0
usbcore               124336  6 snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,usblp,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_generic             1035  0 [permanent]
ide_core               85822  1 ide_generic
pata_atiixp             2848  0
ata_piix               18324  0
ahci                   29234  4
libata                145448  3 pata_atiixp,ata_piix,ahci
sd_mod                 27633  5
scsi_mod              132396  5 sbp2,sr_mod,sg,libata,sd_mod
crc_t10dif              1195  1 sd_mod
ext4                  266257  3
jbd2                   64781  1 ext4
crc16                   1303  1 ext4

[wayne1932]

Ooops the formatting didn't come out right.  Not at that machine now I'll try again.

[Old-Polack]

Ooops the formatting didn't come out right.  Not at that machine now I'll try again.

Try;

[prompt ~]$ lsmod |grep atiixp                <Enter>

You should get something like;

[polack@fatman ~]$ lsmod |grep atiixp
pata_atiixp             2848  0
libata                145448  3 pata_atiixp,ata_piix,ahci

[wayne1932]

Output from last command

pata_atiixp             2848  0
libata                145448  3 pata_atiixp,ata_piix,ahci

[wayne1932]

I've been using redirection to get the output of a command into a text file.  I notice you have the command included, how you do dat?

[Old-Polack]

I've been using redirection to get the output of a command into a text file.  I notice you have the command included, how you do dat?

I copy/paste directly from the terminal.

[wayne1932]

Strange, I didn't think that worked for me.  I'll try again.

[AS]

So far, so good.

which kernel are you using ? (uname -a)
could you try to boot using "safemode" and/or "noapic" option ?

if nothing come out from the suggested booting, please post the output of "dmesg" command.

AS

[wayne1932]

Well, this morning after the wife's computer got a night's rest, it found the drive.  I just burned a CD with it via k3b.  I now have that CD in MY machine and it is fine. 

I can only put this down to:
 
"The innate perversity of inanimate objects"   especially computers.   

Now will it lose it some time in the future?  Only time will tell.

Even MY machine seems to be working with samba, which was causing some trouble yesterday and the day before. It could see other computers, but could not be seen itself from the others. 
Have I just not been holding my mouth in the correct position? 

I can only say "THANKS A MILLION, GUYS"

@as,  the kernel is the stock kernel of the latest 2010.12.
@op,  I still can't copy/paste from any terminal I have, Xterm, Yakuake, or console. On either machine.

[Old-Polack]

@op,  I still can't copy/paste from any terminal I have, Xterm, Yakuake, or console. On either machine.

I can copy/paste from all of them. I can either;

1. highlight what I want to copy, then use the middle click to paste it where wanted      (the preferred method)

2. highlight what I want to copy, right click the highlighted area and choose copy, then right click to both set cursor in document and choose paste

3. highlight what I want to copy, Ctrl+Shift+C to copy, left click to set cursor into document, then Ctrl+V to paste

4. copy a number of commands, individually, (any method above) then choose which to paste from the klipper icon in the tray, then paste (any method above)

I can do this with any installed system.