Hello all. On one of my laptops (Sony PCG-K27) my internal CD / DVD drive went south. I can read CD's but can't read / write CD or DVD's. So I bought a USB I/O Magic External DVD Rewritable Drive. (Dual Format Double Layer) 16x DVD+-RW/+-R Specs: Interface Type: USB 2.0 Write Methods: Disc-at-Once, Track-at-Once, Multi-Session, Packet Writing (Variable & Fixed). Does everything but make coffee. The laptop I'm trying to get it installed on is running Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft!. I recompiled the kernel as suggested in the "How To Compile A Kernel - The Ubuntu Way" by Falko, but since I didn't know what I was doing there was no luck. From what I've read, I need to have SCSI support built in. I tried switching the USB cable to a better one thinking that that may be a problem; Still no luck. I also tried using different USB ports on the laptop and 'No Go' there either. BTW, I had 2 USB Memory Sticks in 2 of my USB 2.0 ports and they worked perfectly fine. However, in order to troubleshoot this problem I removed them and plugged in the USB cable from the External DVD drive into one of the USB slots. Here is the output of lsmod: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Module Size Used by loop 17672 0 isofs 38076 0 udf 89348 0 sg 37404 0 sd_mod 22656 0 usb_storage 75072 0 libusual 17040 1 usb_storage usblp 15488 0 binfmt_misc 13448 1 usbhid 45152 0 rfcomm 42260 0 l2cap 27136 5 rfcomm bluetooth 53476 4 rfcomm,l2cap sonypi 24252 0 radeon 118816 2 drm 74644 3 radeon acpi_cpufreq 8644 0 speedstep_lib 5764 0 cpufreq_userspace 5408 0 cpufreq_stats 7744 0 freq_table 6048 2 acpi_cpufreq,cpufreq_stats cpufreq_powersave 2944 0 cpufreq_ondemand 8876 1 cpufreq_conservative 8712 0 video 17540 0 tc1100_wmi 8324 0 sony_acpi 6412 0 sbs 16804 0 pcc_acpi 14080 0 i2c_ec 6272 1 sbs hotkey 11556 0 dev_acpi 12292 0 container 5632 0 button 7952 0 battery 11652 0 asus_acpi 17688 0 ac 6788 0 sbp2 24584 0 scsi_mod 144648 4 sg,sd_mod,usb_storage,sbp2 lp 12964 0 ipv6 272288 10 nfs 250316 1 lockd 67976 2 nfs sunrpc 165948 3 nfs,lockd af_packet 24584 2 joydev 11200 0 tsdev 9152 0 snd_ali5451 25356 1 snd_ac97_codec 97696 1 snd_ali5451 snd_ac97_bus 3456 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 47360 0 snd_mixer_oss 19584 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 84612 3 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss psmouse 41352 0 i2c_ali1535 7940 0 8139cp 24832 0 pcmcia 40380 0 serio_raw 8452 0 wlan_scan_sta 15744 1 snd_timer 25348 1 snd_pcm evdev 11392 4 parport_pc 37796 1 parport 39496 2 lp,parport_pc shpchp 42144 0 pci_hotplug 32828 1 shpchp i2c_ali15x3 8708 0 8139too 29056 0 mii 6912 2 8139cp,8139too pcspkr 4352 0 i2c_core 23424 3 i2c_ec,i2c_ali1535,i2c_ali15x3 ath_pci 100000 0 ath_rate_sample 16512 1 ath_pci wlan 207580 4 wlan_scan_sta,ath_pci,ath_rate_sample ati_agp 10636 1 agpgart 34888 2 drm,ati_agp yenta_socket 28812 1 rsrc_nonstatic 15360 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 43924 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic ath_hal 192976 3 ath_pci,ath_rate_sample snd 58372 8 snd_ali5451,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer soundcore 11232 1 snd snd_page_alloc 11400 1 snd_pcm ext3 142728 1 jbd 62228 1 ext3 ohci1394 37040 0 ieee1394 306104 2 sbp2,ohci1394 ehci_hcd 34696 0 ohci_hcd 22532 0 usbcore 134912 7 usb_storage,libusual,usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd ide_generic 2432 0 ide_cd 33696 0 cdrom 38944 1 ide_cd ide_disk 18560 3 generic 6276 0 alim15x3 13324 0 [permanent] thermal 15624 0 processor 31560 2 acpi_cpufreq,thermal fan 6020 0 fbcon 41504 0 tileblit 3840 1 fbcon font 9344 1 fbcon bitblit 7168 1 fbcon softcursor 3328 1 bitblit vesafb 9244 0 capability 5896 0 commoncap 8704 1 capability---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- scsi_mod and usb_storage look interesting but I haven't a clue as to what they are. Note: I do have a USB hub hooked up to support more USB devices. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this problem fixed I would greatly appreciate it. Otherwise, I may have to return this drive in favor of another one. And if that's the case, does anyone know of an external USB DVD reader / burner that will work? Thanks, Steve
