Public bug reported: DVD drive is recognized only as a SCSI device, no type/vendor information etc. It used to work in earlier Edgy (maybe a month ago, I was on vacation). See hal devices' information in hwdb.
hwdb id: a9d0012eefa11bdd7890e74c18374ab2 hal version: 0.5.7.1-0ubuntu5 ** Affects: hal (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- [Edgy] DVD drive is probably not recognized properly, no automount https://launchpad.net/bugs/56593 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs