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by TheGorf
Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:19 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.
Replies: 5
Views: 28271

Re: Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.

Ah! The generic SCSI module. I didn't even think of that. That was what it was!

And just for reference, you dont need to go through all that reboot non-sense for a kernel module. You can dynamically load it on the fly with:

"modprobe sg"

Which works fine with sudo.
by TheGorf
Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:45 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.
Replies: 5
Views: 28271

Re: Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.

The vast majority of the posts appear to be Windows OS related so they don't offer me any help. And the few linux ones I have like This one don't have any answers or follow ups and are several years old. So I'm hoping someone maybe knows the right thread to point me to or has some other ideas. I've ...
by TheGorf
Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:03 am
Forum: MakeMKV for Linux
Topic: Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.
Replies: 5
Views: 28271

Arch linux - The program can't find any usable optical drives.

Howdy all, I have a fairly newly installed Arch linux installation. I'm having some issues. I am running XFCE and Thunar. I've installed the Thunar VolMan and gvfs as well as verified that I am part of the optical group. I am using an external LG blu-ray disk drive that has worked great on my other ...