am probably missing something simple. Since upgrade i cannot rip dvd's.

I can play them fine just can't import to the hardrive.

the problem appears that mtd cannot mount the drive correctly but the drive can be mounted to play a dvd/cd.

here is the output from daemon.log

May 22 12:00:04 myhtv automount[19472]: >> /dev/cdrom: Input/output error
May 22 12:00:04 myhtv automount[19472]: >> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
May 22 12:00:04 myhtv automount[19472]: mount(generic): failed to mount /dev/cdrom (type auto) on /mnt/auto/cdrom
May 22 12:00:04 myhtv automount[19472]: failed to mount /mnt/auto/cdrom
May 22 12:00:40 myhtv automount[19494]: >> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
May 22 12:00:40 myhtv automount[19494]: mount(generic): failed to mount /dev/cdrom (type auto) on /mnt/auto/cdrom
May 22 12:00:40 myhtv automount[19494]: failed to mount /mnt/auto/cdrom


and /var/log/messages

May 22 12:00:04 myhtv kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc.
May 22 12:00:05 myhtv kernel: UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'RAY', timestamp 2005/05/01 15:51 (1e5c)
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x48 { MediaChangeRequested LastFailedSense=0x04 }
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: ATAPI device hdc:
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: Error: Hardware error -- (Sense key=0x04)
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: "1b 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 "
May 22 12:00:20 myhtv kernel: cdrom: open failed.
May 22 12:00:40 myhtv kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hdc.
May 22 12:00:42 myhtv kernel: UDF-fs INFO UDF 0.9.8.1 (2004/29/09) Mounting volume 'HOLES', timestamp 2004/12/19 21:56 (1e5c)


/etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: filesystem table.
#
# filesystem mountpoint type options dump pass
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda3 /myth ext3 defaults,auto 0 2

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat defaults,user,noauto,showexec,umask=022 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda2 none swap defaults 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
#/dev/hda3 /mnt/hda3 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 noauto,users,exec 0 0


/etc/auto.mnt

# Knoppix automounter file for Directory /mnt/auto
# umask=000 only works for msdos/vfat floppies, but otherwise the floppy is read-only.
floppy -fstype=auto,user,exec,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
cdrom -fstype=auto,user,exec,ro :/dev/cdrom
# The following entries (if any) are auto-generated by knoppix-autoconfig



Not sure where else to look as I say I can play dvd's no problem. Any suggestions apppreciated.




Thanks

Craig

ok further to this......

The eject command opens and closes my dvd drive very quickly.

when I run the command from a terminal I get the same action

umount cdrom;umount dvd; eject -r

cdrom: not found
dvd: not found

May be related.

will look more tommorow, any ideas welcome

Craig

have you tried turning off automounting of the CD/DVD drive?

yes and I have commented out the drive in auto.mnt

transcode doesnt see the disk but xine will happily play it.

keep the suggestions coming I will keep searching.


Craig

I had a similar problem. Make sure that the mythtv user has write permissions to the folder where you store your videos. It is done by default for /myth/video, but if you are like me and store your video and music to a different hard drive this could be your problem. I store my videos at /data/Videos and had the exact same thing happening until I set the permissions.

doesn't seem to be it

But here is an error from the daemon.log

May 24 16:34:49 myhtv automount[11132]: failed to mount /var/autofs/usb/cdrom
May 24 16:34:54 myhtv automount[11133]: failed to mount /var/autofs/usb/.covers


How can I find out why it is trying to mount the cdrom as usb
and of course the /.covers

I do have a usb hard drive that I use for my /video /gallery /music

mtab

/dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
none /proc proc rw,nodiratime 0 0
/dev/hda3 /myth ext3 rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw 0 0
automount(pid4897) /var/autofs/usb autofs rw,fd=4,pgrp=4897,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0
/dev/sda1 /var/autofs/usb/sda ext3 rw,noatime 0 0


auto.master

# $Id: auto.master,v 1.2 1997/10/06 21:52:03 hpa Exp $
# Sample auto.master file
# Format of this file:
# mountpoint map options
# For details of the format look at autofs(5).
# /var/autofs/misc /etc/auto.misc
# /var/autofs/net /etc/auto.net
# KNOPPIX automounts for floppy and cdrom(s), see knoppix-autoconfig
/mnt/auto /etc/auto.mnt --timeout=2
/var/autofs/usb /etc/auto.usb --timeout=2
/mnt/auto /etc/automount.sh --timeout=2


auto.mnt

# Knoppix automounter file for Directory /mnt/auto
# umask=000 only works for msdos/vfat floppies, but otherwise the floppy is read-only.
# floppy -fstype=auto,user,exec,umask=000 :/dev/fd0
# cdrom -fstype=auto,user,exec,ro :/dev/cdrom
# The following entries (if any) are auto-generated by knoppix-autoconfig

I will try uncommenting the cdrom line here.



any more info I can give you?


Craig

I am having the same problem!

I have an 'auto-install' 'ed KnoppMyth R5C7 ...
I have PATA hdd on /dev/hda, and Plextor PX-712A PATA dvdrw drive on /dev/hdc.

I have not changed permissions/devices at all...!

Note that DVD playback works fine... (and the drive was used to install KnoppMyth anyway...).

Seemingly, as soon as the DVD transcoding daemon starts (i.e. press number key from that menu...) then all goes wrong.

3 symptomns are noticeable at this point:-
* DVD transcoding menu/daemon does not ever see a DVD present...
* DVD-drive is repeatedly 'un-ejected' -- i.e. if the drive is ejected by andy means/initiation..... it is forever 'taken back in' quickly -- a bit of a 'fight' is needed to get a disk in there!
* console (Ctrl+ALT+F1 etc.) have repeated 'cdrom: open failed' messages....


I can/will provide more info/device-permissions etc. etc. as-needed. Please ask me for all that is likely to be useful .

Yes same symptoms I have, nice to know I'm not alone. I have had no luck finding a fix an have been using my windows machine to transcode for now but would like to figure this out.


Craig

Well, lo and behold, last night it actually worked. What did I do differently? Chose 'perfect' instead of 'iso image' and turned automount off for the dvd drive. Perfect takes half the time as well.

Is this workaround working for anyone else?

I never get far enough to get the option for how i want to transcode.

Craig

If this is coming off a fresh install you probably need to install the 'pineapple' stuff first. Can you play these dvd's?

they are not encrypted but yes if you look at my first post I can play them fine it appears that for some reason MTD is trying to mount the wrong device.

It is a new install.

Craig

Did you ever get a solution to this one? I'm still fighting it on my box, exact same symptoms...

If I issue the command mount /mnt/auto/cdrom it tells me:

mount: /dev/cdrom already mounted or /mnt/auto/cdrom busy
mount: according to mtab, /dev/cdrom is already mounted on /mnt/auto/cdrom

I can navigate to /mnt/auto/cdrom and see the DVD contents.

Import DVD still gives me "No Jobs. Checking and/or waiting for DVD."

No still not working have been using my windows box. I am going to do a fresh install next week and see if that fixes it.


Craig