I have a weird thing happening in my Ubuntu desktop since the time Ubuntu moved to Brasero as their default CD/DVD writer. I had written about this 8 months back here. I have a Gateway GT5628 Quad core desktop which I bought 8 months back. The desktop has SATA hard drive, but PATA DVD writer (Optiarc AD-7173A). I initially thought it was something to do with the particular DVD drive model, so I added an additional DVD writer (Lite on) I had which was from a different company. Both models are PATA. Whenever I insert a store bought DVD or CD, the system would hang after few seconds or a minute. Home made CDs and DVDs are fine. I have w32codecs, libdvdread4, libdvdcss2 etc installed. If I uninstall Brasero including the libbrasero-media0 file, then everything works fine.
The problem now is, when I uninstall libbrasero-media0 file, it uninstalls Rhythmbox also. Rhythmbox is the only GNOME media player that supports iPod without any issues in Ubuntu 9.10. I tried GTKPod, Banshee and Songbird and iPod doesn’t work with any of them in Ubuntu 9.10. You can get it to work with Banshee with a workaround, but that’s a pain doing it every time you want to update your iPod. I installed Amarok, but I haven’t tried it yet. Does anyone know how to install Rhythmbox without installing the brasero file or any other application that is good and works with iPods in Ubuntu 9.10? Does anyone know why the system hangs if I insert a legal DVD?
Update: The system hangs even after I uninstalled Brasero. I believe the problem has something to do with DVD writer being PATA and hard drive being SATA. I have ordered a new SATA drive which is on it’s way. I’ll let you know once I get the drive.
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