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[ubuntu] DVDs Not Recognized

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http://ubuntuforums.org – I'm new to Ubuntu, just installed 9.04. I've figured out most of my problems using the forums, so thanks to all of you that know what you're doing and help out those of us that don't :-) I just found another problem that I haven't been able to find an answer for. My laptop (HP Compaq nx6125) has a DVD player / CD burner. It reads and burns CDs just fine, but it does not recognize DVDs. I've tried putting in movies, blank DVDs, etc. and nothing is recognized. I assume that it must be some driver problem or something because it worked fine when I was running Windows XP. I am still trying to figure out Ubuntu, so maybe it's something simple that I just missed. If so sorry to take up so much time, but thanks for the help! (Hardware)

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