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Ubuntu 12.10 reads CD-R as Blank CD-R

Recently tried inserting Pimsleur Langauage CD set into HP Pavillion dv6000 running Ubuntu 12.10 freshly updated. Each time and every disk came up as a Blank CD-R. Audio cd's run fine and most ...
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My USB DVD rw is not working in my asus netbook using ubuntu

My USB DVD rw is not working in my ubuntu on asus notebook (U31F). It works fine in my dektop. I am guessing the reason is that my desktop has a DVD RW while notebook didn't while installation. The ...
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How to check if a cdrom is in the tray remotely (via ssh)?

I have a server running Ubuntu 10.04 (it's on the other side of the world and I haven't built up the wherewithal to upgrade it remotely yet) and I have been told that there is a CD in one of it's two ...
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Why don't I have permission to read files on the CD I bought?

I recently bought this book, which came with an accompanying CD. When I try to view the contents of the CD in Ubuntu, I don't have read permission for any of the files. ls -al in the root of the CD ...
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Error when burning cd [closed]

I'm trying tu burn gparted to cd, but every time after it creates the image checksum, the cd is ejected, with the following error The log file can be downloaded from here. I must mention that the ...
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Ejects CD-ROM right after load [closed]

I'm trying to insert an empty CD-R, but after some time (5-20 sec) it automatically ejects it. Sometimes it ask about what to do with inserted media, btw, whatever I choose, it eject it. I tried with ...
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PlayOnLinux unmounts my CD drive? [closed]

I open PlayOnLinux and put in the CD. I open the list of install scripts and suddenly my CD drive is no longer mounted/visible. Install fails. Removing the CD from the drive is the only way I can ...
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Can you tell whether I have a hardware or software problem with a DVD-ROM drive?

Trying to copy the content of a DVD on a Asrock ION 330 running Maverick, i.e. with: dd if=/dev/sr0 of=dvdcopy ...I get errors in /var/log/messages: Jan 15 17:18:15 asrock kernel: [ 2616.445966] ...