Gutsy will not recognize dvdr

[James Takac]

On Sunday 18 November 2007 11:25:53 Anthony M. Rasat wrote:
> I assume your DVDR is an "usual" ATAPI (I mean with big 40-pin data cable,
> UDMA/33 and so on), can you gave us the result of following command (from
> command prompt or terminal):
>
> dmesg | grep ata
>
> That command will give us a quick look on what hardware you have according
> to linux kernel, focusing on ata.
>
> For example, in my kubuntu 7.04 box, that command will gave (not all lines
> revealed here):
>
> ata1.00: ATA-7: MAXTOR 2F030J0, VAM51JJ0, max UDMA/133
> ata1.00: 60058656 sectors, multi 16: LBA
> ata2.00: ATAPI, max UDMA/33
> ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33
>
> See? Linux identified my CDRW (err, I know it is not DVDR, not with a thick
> wallet here heheh) as ata2. Now let us see yours.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anthony M. Rasat
> IT Department
> Kaltim Post Group
> Balikpapan - Indonesia.-
>
> ------- Original message -------
> From: Ed Miller  <miller07 at suddenlink.net>
> Sent: 17.11.'07,  16:34
>
> > I reinstalled gutsy to make using my extra hard drive easier. I used my
> > dvd to install it. Now I am trying to use the dvd player to install
> > build-essentials but can't get Gutsy to recognize the dvd. It's not just
> > that dvd, it is any disc i put in the drive. I have also tried to get it
> > to recognize my external drive to no avail. Both of these drives worked
> > flawlessly with the old install. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Ed
> >
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Hi Anthony

My googling this device seems to indicate it's a lightscribe drive if that's 
of any help

James