10.10 not recognizing dvd player

[Basil Chupin]

On 26/12/2010 09:19, G. wrote:
> I have an HP G62 notebook running 11.04.

11.04 has not been released. It's in the alpha stage therefore you must 
expect problems. And when you do strike a problem then submit a bug 
report so that the bug is known to the devs and can be 'fixed'.

>    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,

....you "think that if I tried..." but have you tried it? And is the 
following the result....

>    I have tried video dvd's first and data
> cd's second and vice versa, with the same result as aforementioned.

....that you tried what you thought that you would try above? :-)

It makes it so much better to help others when there are no ambiguities 
in the questions being asked :-) .

Personally, I would just boot the computer with NO DVDs or CDs in place 
(unless you are using one of these to either install a new OS or to do 
some repair work) and then insert the DVD/CD when you are ready to use 
use it.

(Things don't always work as they are supposed to work. Not too long ago 
there was a person here asking why he had to "eject"/(safely remove) 
TWICE a flash drive before the icon on the desktop would actually disappear.

I discovered quite recently that what he was experiencing WAS a fact and 
not imagination. If you have a flash drive in the USB port and then 
"Safely Remove" it but WATCH the flash to see that it is safe to remove 
(its light will flash a couple of times or more) but then if you then do 
not immediately remove it after these flashes stop you may very well 
find that the darn thing will be reread as a new insert - which means 
that it you will need to "safely remove" it a second time. Doesn't 
happen every time, but it does happen.)

BC

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