Barry, Does this still happen to you with recent Dapper kernels? Support for Plextor DVD drives has improved since you first reported your bug.
Thanks. ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Plextor DVD-RW does not detect DVDs properly until an audio CD is inserted https://launchpad.net/bugs/27316 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs