I have been given a fix to mount the media - similar to the issue with the touch pad. Instead of using the button to open the dvd rom drive, one types: "eject cdrom" (without the quotes) in the console. This will open the drive, and media is mounted. It seems a better workaround than putting the system into suspend.
Unmounting still seems to require authentication though. However, I still cannot play any dvd's - either in Totem or in VLC -- Cannot mount media in DVD rom drive, Acer Timeline 4810T. Drive is detected, and media only detected if placed in the drive when machine suspended. Even then DVD movies (purchased) are not recognised - error message that media is unknown. Audio cd's sometimes play. When trying to unmount, I am asked for my password - message given that another user mounted the media. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/412527 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
