External DVD driver

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by pib712, Feb 3, 2009.

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    pib712

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    I bought a no-name brand DVD drive for my AAO running Ubuntu a few days ago but can't get it to play DVDs at all. Depending on the application, it refuses to play or just crashes. It can read audio CDs - sort of (with a lot of skipping) and can read data CDs. I reckon there's a driver problem since I already set the region code. Because there's no brand name I have no idea where to search. Anyone got any ideas? Thanks.

    Edit: I tried it on a Windows PC which already had a DVD drive built in. It worked fine.
     
    pib712, Feb 3, 2009
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    i have an external dvd writer, from which i can't install ubuntu or any other kind of o/s.My dvd-rw fails during installation.maybe it needs bios update?
     
    tasgr86, Feb 5, 2009
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