Ubuntu not recognizing cdrom

Question

When i insert cd into my laptop running ubuntu 11.10 nothing happens, there is no device showing that i have inserted the cd. Help, i've read about mountind dev/cdrom and such but nothing of the sort seems to work, and im desperate

Answer 1

If you need to find CD/DVD drives available on your Ubuntu system

# wodim --devices

Example

wodim --devices

wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
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 0  dev='/dev/sg1'  rwrw-- : 'TSSTcorp' 'CDDVDW SH-S223F'
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1st check it your cdrom is plugged in or not