dvd drive not reconized in desktop 10.04

Asked by JEFF HEMEKE

well, i thought i solved my problem by installing an earlier version but now instead of showing my dvd drive it shows a floppy drive in computer. i dont have a floppy drive. when i put a cd in it dosent do anything. but heres the output, it,s listed. this is driving me nut,s. somebody PLEASE HELP!! .rokalotjeff@rokalotjeff-desktop:~$ sudo lshw -C drive;sudo lshw -C disk
[sudo] password for rokalotjeff:
  *-cdrom
       description: DVD-RAM writer
       product: iHAP422 9
       vendor: ATAPI
       physical id: 0
       bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/cdrom
       logical name: /dev/cdrw
       logical name: /dev/dvd
       logical name: /dev/dvdrw
       logical name: /dev/scd0
       logical name: /dev/sr0
       version: WL1K
       capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
       configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
  *-disk
       description: ATA Disk
       product: MDT MD3200AAJS-0
       physical id: 1
       bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sda
       version: 12.0
       serial: MDT-MMARW0483590
       size: 298GiB (320GB)
       capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
       configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=4d5c4d5c
  *-disk
       description: SCSI Disk
       product: Photosmart C4400
       vendor: HP
       physical id: 0.0.0
       bus info: scsi@2:0.0.0
       logical name: /dev/sdb
       version: 1.00
       capabilities: removable
       configuration: ansiversion=5
     *-medium
          physical id: 0
          logical name: /dev/sdb

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#1

i meant desktop 10.01.01 in my one line description. thank you

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Dmitry Shachnev (mitya57) said :
#2

There is no 10.10.1 or 10.01.01 version of Ubuntu. There is 10.04, 10.04.1 or 10.10. Which do you mean?

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#3

i loaded 10.04 desktop lucid, sorry, my mistake

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#4

well i found it will read dvd,s blank dvd,s and data cd,s. it wont read blank cd,s or music cd,s can anybody help please!!!

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JEFF HEMEKE (rokmonstr9) said :
#5

i sent more info in another post.