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

[Johnny]

Will 11.10 support a floppy? You will have to mount it if it does. If it 
is so old it doesn't have a usb port you should probably call it dead.
Good Luck and God Bless Johnny3 65++

On 01/17/2012 05:36 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 01/17/2012 05:06 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 17 January 2012 06:50, Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  wrote:
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>>> 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.
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> 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
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