10.10 not recognizing dvd player

[Jonathan Dlouhy]

On 12/25/2010 05:19 PM, G. wrote:
> I have an HP G62 notebook running 11.04.  When I start Ubuntu with a
> DVD/CD in the drive, file manager lists the device.  If I eject the
> cd/dvd and insert another, file manager does not list the device.  I
> think that if I insert a cd or dvd after booting, then it will list
> the first one but not others.  I have tried video dvd's first and data
> cd's second and vice versa, with the same result as aforementioned.
> These same dvds and cds work in Windows 7.
>
> Any advice would be appreciate.
>
> Happy holidays
>
>
> gary
>

Gary, I had a similar problem in 10.04 and an updated kernel did the trick.

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