Comment 33 for bug 44233

Soon someone will get pissed off and post at Digg... sure will be funny to
watch ;-)

On Dec 26, 2007 3:32 AM, cyneuron <email address hidden> wrote:

> I have same bug in Ubuntu Gutsy on my Acer Apire Laptop....
>
> I am surprised no one has pointed out or may be what i am going to write
> is technically same what is being discssed here.
>
> The problem is with the dvd's or cd's burned in multi session mode,
> which doesn't depend whether dvd was burnt in WIndows XP or Linux. I
> have two dvd's, one burnt with Nero in Windows XP and other with K3b in
> Linux, both in multisession mode. I am unable to access both In Linux,
> while both run fine in Windows XP.
>
> In Ubuntu, the behavior on inserting the dvd is something like this :
> DVD spins twice or thrice, LED lights up along with it, and then
> spinning and LED both stops. When i try to mount DVD by Right Clicking
> on CD/DVD Icon Computer Windows, it says "There is probably no media in
> drive"
>
> Whatever the cause behind this problem is, the fact is that the problem
> is really grave, really makes Ubuntu (or Linux if the problem is also
> present in other Linux Distro, Can someone confirm this ?) look inferior
> to Windows in a big way.....
>
> I mean just imagine the reaction of a novice user when he/she won't be
> able to access his documents on a DVD given to him by someone else if
> he/she switches to Ubuntu completely after removing Windows XP from
> his/her computer....
>
> Someone rightly said on this page...it will be a big shame if some
> windows love posts this "Ubuntu can't even read your DVD's, how dare it
> even compares to Windows..." on Slashdot or Digg.....
>
> And the surprise is that this bug has not been fixed despite the fact
> that it is has been present for a long time....
>
> Please Ubuntu developers, fix it as early as possible...
>
> --
> mount udf dvd fails, possible wrong fstab entry
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44233
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