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Inserted DVD disc not recognized
I was trying to watch a DVD on my Ubuntu laptop, however, whenever I insert the disc, the CD/DVD drive icon on the Computer pane disappears, seems that it cannot detect what type of disc was inserted.
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How do you forcibly unmount a disk when you press the eject button on an optical drive?
When upgrading my hardware, I also upgraded to Ubuntu 10.10. On my previous system (with 10.04 and earlier). when I ejected a disk from the optical drive, the sub-folder in the /media directory was ...
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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] ...
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How can I Fix the CD/DVD refresh for the media drive so that it is recognized automatically?
I have recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 64bit and it seems to work flawlessly. But today I tried to check some CDs and I was surprised that Ubuntu doesn't automatically refresh the CD/DVDs inserted in ...
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How can I limit CD drive speed while on the live CD to avoid drive noise?
I sometimes disconect my harddisks for the weeks while only using the internet and I use the Ubuntu Live CD. But every time it needs something while in live desktop it accelerates and makes a lot of ...
