[Nottingham] dell xps m1330

[James Gibbon]

On Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:03:17 +0100
stripes <stripes at roppa.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> I have this laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron and find that
> everything works just fine apart from the DVD drive.
> I can play CDs, copy files from them etc but DVDs it just won't
> recognise, keeps claiming there is no DVD in the drive.
> 

I have the opposite problem with my older laptop - it will read
DVDs, but not CDs. In my case it was because the CD laser is
out of alignment; I'd guess that you might have a similar
problem with your DVD laser.

James