Plextor DVD problems

[Angelo Machils]

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>>> Hello there!
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>>> I have exchanged my Sony DVD reader with a Plextor PX-116A and also 
>>> installed a Plextor PX-716A DVD writer. When I put a burned DVD into 
>>> either one of these drives they show up on the desktop, but when I open 
>>> them, they are seen as empty (blank) disks. I can however mount them 
>>> manually as my normal user and go to the mountpoint in a terminal. Only 
>>> there I can see the contents of the disk.
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>I have had this problem with FC-3 with a Plextor PX-320A and a Plextor
>PX-716A. It does however not occur with all DVDs, but when it happens,
>then independently of self-burned or factory-produced.
>I have opened a bug report some time ago.
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=143421
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>>> Other times I can't even mount the disk at all. All this only happens 
>>> with DVD's, not CD's.
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>I have however always been able to mount.
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Your bugreport is indeed very similar to what I'm seeing here. I saw 
that someone mentioned to upgrade the kernel to the latest Rawhide 
version. Which one would that be?
I just upgraded to the 2.6.10-1.770_FC3 (x86-64) but the problem is 
still there.....

Kind regards, Angelo