I guess I was expecting recognition like when USB flash drives, hard
drives, my voice recorder, my cell phone are connected,
So, I tried it again. No, it wasn't recognized, but it seems to work.
On 4/12/26 9:05 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
At Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:53:45 -0500 Gregory Forster <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hi,
How do I get Debian to recognize when an external DVD is connected?
What do you mean by "recognize"?
The Linux USB subsystem should do this automagically. udev has been doing this
since kernel version 2.6 or so. I am assuming you are talking about a USB
connected drive. I don't know if SATA hot-swap applies to DVD players (if you
are using an eSATA DVD player).
If you mean something like a disk icon showing up on your desktop or
something, that will depend on your desktop subsystem.
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-- Greg
