fresh install ---blooming DVD drive not recognized AGAIN <SOLVED> now broken again.

[Johnny]

Or cable. Sounds more hardware to me. Than software.
Good Luck and God Bless Johnny3 65+++

On 01/17/2012 05:06 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 17 January 2012 06:50, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On 01/16/2012 10:43 PM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>> On 17/01/12 11:52, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> 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 Looks like in your case it has been replaced by 'grub.cfg' - see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.
>>>
>>> Told you already: you are using the wrong distro O:-) .
>>>
>>>> I'll do my next install from a high-chair with a bib on, and not touch
>>>> a thing!<chuckles>  Ric
>>>
>>>
>>> That is where the ship you sail on is headed:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/tv-for-human-beings-ubuntu-linux/10109
>>>
>>>
>>> Oh, you may also want to look at:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/25030?source=NWWNLE_nlt_linux_2012-01-11
>>
>> It went into Dead Parrot Mode again. When I first fired up, it ran "True
>> Lies" like a champ. Then later it says it cannot decrypt it, but the True
>> Lies directory is THERE in ~/.dvdcss !!
>> Now, it won't come up at all. So much for Ubuntu TV. I swear, I'm going to
>> become Swiss and learn how to yodel. Ric
> With the problem being so variable is it possible that you have a
> hardware problem?  Perhaps the drive is on the way out, or something
> on the mother board.
>
> Colin
>