*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 344093 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344093
I installed Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 4 and the SATA DVD drive was detected without any problems! I am happy that I can move away from Hardy 8.04. Back on the bleeding- edge distro! Kernel: Linux trust 2.6.31-5-generic #24-Ubuntu SMP Sat Aug 1 12:48:18 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux dmesg.log file attached. The output related to SATA DVD in the dmesg is here (no errors reported relating to SATA DVD) [ 1.283789] Using IPI No-Shortcut mode [ 1.283969] PM: Resume from disk failed. [ 1.283984] registered taskstats version 1 [ 1.284133] Magic number: 5:777:11 [ 1.284145] misc pktcdvd!control: hash matches [ 1.284251] rtc_cmos 00:04: setting system clock to 2009-08-17 05:02:10 UTC (1250485330) [ 1.284255] BIOS EDD facility v0.16 2004-Jun-25, 0 devices found [ 1.284257] EDD information not available. [ 1.286967] sda5 sda6 sda7 > [ 1.314515] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk [ 1.380044] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300) [ 1.412199] ata2.00: ATAPI: PBDS DVD+/-RW DS-8W1P, BD1C, max UDMA/33 [ 1.412209] ata2.00: applying bridge limits [ 1.452208] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/33 [ 1.456104] scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM PBDS DVD+-RW DS-8W1P BD1C PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.467147] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray [ 1.467150] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 [ 1.467314] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 [ 1.467448] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 [ 1.477931] ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300) [ 1.477964] Freeing unused kernel memory: 536k freed [ 1.478361] Write protecting the kernel text: 4548k [ 1.478397] Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 1828k [ 1.564212] Linux agpgart interface v0.103 [ 1.587584] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 [ 1.693018] usb 2-4: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2 [ 1.898126] tg3.c:v3.99 (April 20, 2009) [ 1.898519] ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [APC5] enabled at IRQ 16 Hope the 2.6.31 and higher kernels keeps this drive alive. ** Attachment added: "dmesg.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30409411/dmesg.log -- SATA DVD drive not detected https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/344128 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs