I am still encountering this on up to date Lucid. Linux gurgle 2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 22:02:19 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux
It's a SATA drive $ hdparm -i /dev/sr0 /dev/sr0: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Bad address Model=PIONEER, FwRev=1.02, SerialNo=IIQC248529WL Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic } RawCHS=0/0/0, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=0 BuffType=unknown, BuffSize=0kB, MaxMultSect=0 (maybe): CurCHS=0/0/0, CurSects=0, LBA=yes, LBAsects=0 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120} PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5 AdvancedPM=no Drive conforms to: unknown: ATA/ATAPI-3,4,5,6,7 * signifies the current active mode $ sudo lshw *-cdrom description: DVD-RAM writer product: DVD-RW DVR-218L vendor: PIONEER physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: s...@2:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom5 logical name: /dev/cdrw5 logical name: /dev/dvd5 logical name: /dev/dvdrw5 logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 version: 1.02 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram configuration: ansiversion=5 status=ready *-medium physical id: 0 logical name: /dev/cdrom5 -- DVD writer not working since hardy upgrade https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/228624 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs