[CentOS] Unable to mount a USB DVD drive

Thu Jun 16 01:46:28 UTC 2016
Benjamin Smith <lists at benjamindsmith.com>

I can't seem to get an external DVD drive to show up on an CentOS 7 server. 
Wondering if it's just missing a driver or if I'm missing something 
fundamental. 

It's an external USB device that works fine on my Fedora 21 Laptop, but I never 
get a /dev/ entry (EG: /dev/sr0) on the server.  

What can I do to make this thing work?


[root at norman ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages; # inserting the device into a port 
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: new high-speed USB device number 5 
using ehci-pci
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: New USB device found, idVendor=13fd, 
idProduct=1040
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, 
Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: Product: RW/DVD_GCC-T10N 
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: Manufacturer: Initio
Jun 15 18:29:38 norman kernel: usb 1-3: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000W


[root at norman ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 13fd:1040 Initio Corporation INIC-1511L PATA Bridge
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 413c:2107 Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub


[root at norman ~]# usb-devices 

T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1 Spd=480 MxCh= 8
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=1d6b ProdID=0002 Rev=03.10
S:  Manufacturer=Linux 3.10.0-229.20.1.el7.x86_64 ehci_hcd
S:  Product=EHCI Host Controller
S:  SerialNumber=0000:00:1c.3
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=e0 MxPwr=0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 Driver=hub

T:  Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#=  5 Spd=480 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=13fd ProdID=1040 Rev=01.06
S:  Manufacturer=Initio
S:  Product=RW/DVD_GCC-T10N 
S:  SerialNumber=0000000000000000W
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=2mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=05 Prot=50 Driver=(none)
--SNIP--



This is what tail -f /var/log/messages looks like on my F21 laptop: 
Jun 15 18:41:35 tesla kernel: [  913.678526] usb 1-2: new high-speed USB 
device number 5 using xhci_hcd
Jun 15 18:41:35 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 5 
using xhci_hcd
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.843709] usb 1-2: New USB device found, 
idVendor=13fd, idProduct=1040
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.843713] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: 
Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.843715] usb 1-2: Product: RW/DVD_GCC-T10N 
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.843717] usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Initio
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.843718] usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 
0000000000000000W
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=13fd, 
idProduct=1040
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, 
Product=2, SerialNumber=3
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: Product: RW/DVD_GCC-T10N 
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Initio
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 0000000000000000W
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 5: 
"/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2"
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 5 was not an MTP device
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.863969] usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass 
Storage device detected
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.864035] scsi host6: usb-storage 1-2:1.0
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: [  913.864099] usbcore: registered new interface 
driver usb-storage
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usb-storage 1-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device 
detected
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: scsi host6: usb-storage 1-2:1.0
Jun 15 18:41:36 tesla kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-
storage
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: [  914.864033] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            
HL-DT-ST RW/DVD_GCC-T10N  1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM            HL-DT-ST 
RW/DVD_GCC-T10N  1.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: [  914.867503] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc 
drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: [  914.867517] cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver 
Revision: 3.20
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: [  914.867814] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic 
sg2 type 5
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x 
writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jun 15 18:41:37 tesla kernel: sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5