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

[Ric Moore]

On 01/17/2012 05:06 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 17 January 2012 06:50, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:

>> 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.

My main board in for repair is an AMD. That's all I'[ve run for years. 
This is my first Intel MB, and it's given me nothing but fits. Any more 
of this and I'll be pronounced "king" for St Vitus Day. Maybe I'll 
install the 3/1 inch floppy drive and flash this thing, just for ducks. 
The DVD player fired up "Dick Tracy and Nancy Drew" like a champ. 
Yeah... don't say it, although they don't make 'em like Nancy anymore. 
:) But it really hates Arnold and Hogwarts. If it won't play Monty 
Python, Ill take a hammer to it. Will 11.10 support a floppy?? Ric