no access to cdrom in virtualbox

[dorpm]

Binary package hint: virtualbox-ose

I am using virtualbox with kubuntu 7.10. Recently I have installed virtualbox and I am very impressed about it. Unfortunately I cannot access my cdrom. Any help will be appreciated.

Here the output of "lspci -v", if any more information is needed please let me know.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 645xx (rev 51)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8086
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: [c0] AGP version 3.5

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS AGP Port (virtual PCI-to-PCI bridge) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, fast devsel, latency 64
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
        Memory behind bridge: d7000000-d7ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e0000000-febfffff

00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
        Flags: medium devsel
        I/O ports at e600 [size=32]

00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE] (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8087
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 128, IRQ 19
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at a400 [size=16]

00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80b0
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22
        I/O ports at 9400 [size=256]
        I/O ports at 9000 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2

00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8087
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20
        Memory at d6800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8087
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at d6000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 8087
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at d5800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Unknown device 80ff
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18
        I/O ports at 8800 [size=256]
        Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Expansion ROM at dffe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:09.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Tekram Technology Co.,Ltd. ALLNET ALL0271 Wireless PCI Adapter
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 21
        Memory at d4800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: C.P. Technology Co. Ltd Unknown device 2097
        Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        I/O ports at d800 [size=256]
        Memory at d7800000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Expansion ROM at effe0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [58] AGP version 3.0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] (Secondary)
        Subsystem: C.P. Technology Co. Ltd Unknown device 2096
        Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at d7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2

[Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount)]

Have you try to mount your Cdrom over the VM Settings window?

[dorpm (dorpmueller)]

Yes of course!

[Sebastian Rode (sebastian-ro-deactivatedaccount)]

Maybe this will help:

http://www.virtualbox.org/ticket/775

[dorpm (dorpmueller)]

It helped! Seems to be a bug in Virtualbox. Thanks a lot!

[Wouter Stomp (wouterstomp-deactivatedaccount)]

Fixed in 1.5.4