Your DVD drive seems to be hdd based off your 'dmesg' file that was attached. It also seems that it may be having some hardware problems as indicated by:
"[17179605.940000] end_request: I/O error, dev hdd, sector 786432 [17179605.988000] hdd: command error: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } [17179605.988000] hdd: command error: error=0x50 { LastFailedSense=0x05 }" ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None => linux-source-2.6.17 -- dvd-rom not recognised https://launchpad.net/bugs/97529 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs