DVD crashes system

[Nicolas Ouellette]

Hi­. I'm experiencing a very frustrating problem with my Pioneer DVR-110D  
DVD-RW, on Kubuntu Dapper Drake. Each and every time I try to read or 
access a video OR data DVD, no matter which one, my whole system freezes and I 
have to reboot. The problem does not occur with audio or data CDs. I tried 
multiple configurations with hdparm but nothing works. Also, every DVD useful 
package is installed (libdvdcss2, dvdread, dvdplay, etc.). Furthermore, I 
googled a lot but with no luck.

Here's the result of hdparm:

# hdparm /dev/hdc:
/dev/hdc:
 IO_support   =  0 (default 16-bit)
 unmaskirq    =  0 (off)
 using_dma    =  1 (on)
 keepsettings =  0 (off)
 readonly     =  0 (off)
 readahead    = 256 (on)
 HDIO_GETGEO failed: Invalid argument

#hdparm -i /dev/hdc
/dev/hdc:
 Model=PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D, FwRev=1.39, SerialNo=
 Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic }
 RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0
 BuffType=13395, BuffSize=64kB, MaxMultSect=0
 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes:  pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes:  mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
 AdvancedPM=no
 Drive conforms to: Unspecified:  ATA/ATAPI-2 ATA/ATAPI-3 ATA/ATAPI-4 
ATA/ATAPI-5
 * signifies the current active mode

Anybody had similar problems? Everything seems OK to me, but I maybe missing 
something.

Thanx in advance,

-- 
Nicolas Ouellette
Étudiant au M.A, philosophie
Registered linux user #368073