fresh install ---blooming DVD drive not recognized AGAIN <SOLVED>

[Ric Moore]

On 01/16/2012 04:50 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 16/01/12 17:58, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 01/16/2012 12:03 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>
>>> 2. probably much more important, is to run 'sudo grub-update' after
>>> inserting the 'libata.force...' statement in the menu.lst .
>>
>> I just did a locate and don't have a menu.lst. I thought that was
>> deprecated?? Thanks!! Ric
>
>
> Looks like in your case it has been replaced by 'grub.cfg' - see
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2.


See this??
ric at ima:~$ sudo hdparm /dev/sr0
[sudo] password for ric:

/dev/sr0:
  multcount     =  0 (off)
  IO_support    =  0 (default)
  readonly      =  0 (off)
  readahead     = 256 (on)
  HDIO_GETGEO failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
ric at ima:~$

Nothing changed!

...but after a FRESH install of Xubuntu 11.10 and I let it install 
updates and the non-free bits, ~at install time~ instead of after, plus 
kicking the script for libdvdcss2 into action,

DVD movies now auto-mount and play. What can I say... that worked. The 
only difference is that this time, during install, I checked the boxes 
to let it do the updates and install naughty bits as part of the 
process, instead of me doing it by the seat of my pants afterwards. Like 
Windows, I just had to dumb down. I'll do my next install from a 
high-chair with a bib on, and not touch a thing! <chuckles> Ric