On Sat, 2006-12-30 at 09:32 +1300, Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote: > I have a dvd/cdr combo drive... > > The problem is some dvd's are not being mounted, and some are, but > sometimes after a couple of tries the disk will automount, other times > if I reboot with the dvd in the drive it's there, and other times it's > not. > > I have no problems with CD's in the same drive. Reading and writing > works fine. > > Any one else having dvd playback problems? And is there any way other > than buying a new drive to prove it is a hard ware problem? Are the DVDs that you're trying good ones? I've seen a lot of discs that are really poor, and only some that are good (this is with blank discs for your own burning purposes). There are some tools (lsdvd, if I recall correctly), which can give a report on the disc that it reads. Might be worth trying it.
