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[Diego Xirinachs <dxiri343@xxxxxxxxx>]

Definetly WONT try that solution then...lol, any other suggestions? its
really critical to have a working CD/DVD drive in my opinion...

2009/11/23 Sean Russell <seanerussell@xxxxxxxxx>

> I've been having the same problem on a 4810T, but I'm glad to see other
> people are having the same problem (misery loves company).
>
> I actually did a dpkg reconfigure as recommended on one of the Ubuntu docs
> in an attempt to fix the CD, and it screwed up *everything*; the intel
> graphics driver stopped working correctly, networking went out the window.
> Anyway, crippling regressions as a result of upgrading Ubuntu no longer
> surprise me.  I haven't gotten the laptop back to it's full, working state,
> but the one thing that refuses to work at all any more is the CD.
>
> Hooray for quality control, eh?
>
> --- SER
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Diego Xirinachs <dxiri343@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> My drive is inaccesible everytime, but still shows up on ubuntu, but
>> double clicking does nothing, doesnt matter If I have a cd inserted or not.
>>
>> 2009/11/23 Stefan Tjarks <stefan@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> I do have the same problem coming up occasional on my 4810T. Specially
>>> when using DVD-RAMs. Reading or writing a disc fails and then the device
>>> is gone out of Karmic. Need to restart and remove the disc to be able to
>>> use it again. I gave up using DVD-RAMs with my laptop!
>>> Sometimes when inserting a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM the drive is inaccessible.
>>> I managed to work around it buy rebooting with the disc in the drive. I
>>> remember once were I needed to burn multiple DVDs and had to reboot
>>> after each burn because the drive simple failed to show the new blank
>>> disc. It's bloody annoying!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 2009-11-23 at 18:04 -0600, Diego Xirinachs wrote:
>>> > hi all,
>>> >
>>> > I installed ubuntu on my laptop without any problems, I can also
>>> > remember that the drive USED TO work fine, but now (I think it was
>>> > after upgrade) It wont read any CD that I put in it, I checked the
>>> > group permission and I do have permissions to use cdrom drives, no
>>> > Idea how to proceed from now on, I really need to burn some cds for a
>>> > stuff we need at work so I desperately need the drive working.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks in advance for the help.
>>> >
>>> > 2 things to note:
>>> > - I installed jaunty on the laptop and recently upgraded to karmic
>>> >
>>> > -The cdrom indeed shows on "My computer" but when I double click it
>>> > does nothing (obviously with a cd in it)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I have this same problem posted on a thread on ubuntu forums If you
>>> > want to reply there, here is the
>>> > link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331627
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thanks in advance for the help, If you need more info just ask.
>>> >
>>> >
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