I should also mention that I'm not an Ubuntu user, I'm on Gentoo. this is just the best place I've found for this particular hardware issue. It's not distro-spcific. probably a kernel issue.
Linux Distribution ------------------ Gentoo Base System release 1.12.11.1 DMI Information --------------- Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Product Name: G50VT Kernel Information ------------------ Kernel release: 2.6.30-gentoo-r2 (this was also happening in 2.6.27 and others) Operating System: GNU/Linux Architecture: i686 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz SMP Enabled: Yes -- DVDRAM GSA-T50L will not write DVD's or CD's https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/307477 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