Zaka E-Lab staggered into the Black Sun and said: > I have Ubuntu installed [on] my computer. At the beginning the > [DVD-+RW] drive [was] normal, reading all my CD/DVDs, but [later], > they [started] to fail and now I'm almost unable to read [any] CD or > DVD. When I put in a CD in the drive and type "dmesg" in console I > get that: > sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error > Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents > > I've tried to google it, but [found] no answers. I hope somebody > [gives] me a [hint]. Your DVD+-RW drive has had a hardware failure of some type. The only thing you can really do is buy a new one. Fortunately, DVD-+RWs get cheaper every year; the last one I bought was $83. Your Prices May Vary. Hope That Helps anyway, -- Seemingly ordinary humans transform into rage-fueled sarcasm dispensers. I love it! --Patrick Shaughnessy Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see

astor gatcher <shanatorio@gmail.com> wrote: > The drive reads perfectly some original DVDs/CDs. CDROM drives are weird. I have had some problems with them. http://markhobley.yi.org/linux/laboratory/mysteries/cdrom/index.html Regards, Mark. -- Mark Hobley 393 Quinton Road West QUINTON Birmingham B32 1QE Email: markhobley at hotpop dot donottypethisbit com http://markhobley.yi.org/