Same issue: DVD spools up to ungodly speed and makes alarming rattling noises,
followed by VLC refusing to play the disc. So does Ubuntu Movie Player.
Ubuntu Version: Lucid Lynx 10.04
Hardware: Dell Latitude E6400 ATG laptop
DVD drive: Ubuntu cannot identify type - returns 'unknown type' under
I solved the problem in #15.
I followed the steps in the following thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1440147.html
All the relevant steps to getting DVDs to play in Ubuntu 10.04 seem to
be listed in one place there.
Unfortunately for me it was a long process of trial and error
