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Re: Aspire 5810TZ cdrom not working
thanks for replies, for some reason I didnt receive the notification of your
post, but I just replied to the thread and I will sure try it out as soon as
I can. I think that could be a good solution.
2009/11/24 Miguel Branco <mig.jcb@xxxxxxxxx>
> I replied with my fix on this thread:
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331627
> Did you try that?
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 20:12, Diego Xirinachs <dxiri343@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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