This is an update to my previous comment. I downloaded compiz-ccsm (to
manage the effects of compiz), enabled Expo plugin (under compiz), and
this has, to my complete surprise, fixed my problem. Now DVDs autmount
and play without any problems. I have an GeForce Fx5200 video card.
Originally I
Ok, sorry, I spoke too soon. Only about a third of the DVDs automount. I
thought it might be a problem with DVD regions, so I downloaded
regionset and set the DVD player to region 1 ( I bought my DVDs in the
US and the DVD drive was obtained in Canada), but this did not fix the
problem, so maybe
Seems like I might have this bug as well. I have been able to
automount CDs using both my CD and DVD drives, but DVDs will not mount
manually or otherwise, and I had to manually add the DVD drive info to
/etc/fstab after installation (Ubuntu 8.10 with all current updates).
The bios detected both