anyone know of a good USB DVD writer that works well with ubuntu?

[Jerry Davis]

On Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:57:48 -0700
"Matt Graham" <danceswithcrows at usa.net> wrote:

> From: Jerry Davis <jdawgaz at cox.net>
> > in my new notebook, my internal DVD drive is crap. It works fine in
> > Winblows, but not in ubuntu 8.10.
> 
> Post the make and model# of the laptop, so that other people know what
> not to buy.  Also, if the DVD+-RW didn't work, how did you get Ubuntu
> installed?
> 
> > I need a DVD reader/writer that will work in USB in ubuntu 8.10.
> 
> All USB2 DVD+-RWs are supposed to follow the USB Mass Storage standard,
> so any USB2 DVD+-RW should Just Work as long as its IDs are in the
> USB subsystem's database.  IDs are added very quickly, so if it doesn't
> work, all you should have to do is to update to the latest kernel
> package that's available from Ubuntu.
> 

matt, i will post what i know:

first, of all, apparently this dvd works fine in ubuntu 8.04. I was able to use
the DVD to install 8.10; when booting 8.10, to my surprise the DVD writer did
not work!

I will refer you to my bug report, rather than regurgitate it all here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dvd+rw-tools/+bug/307477

I have updated the kernel to 2.6.27-11-generic #1 SMP Thu Jan 29 19:24:39 UTC
2009 i686 GNU/Linux 

I have an ASUS N80Vx series laptop.
It is a very nice laptop, even the 5 in 1 reader works. Only the DVD in ubuntu
8.10 doesn't.


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