This may be a continuation of http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/inde...t-1916289.html.

I have a less than 1 year old Dell Latitude laptop with teh PLDS DS-8D3SH CD/DVD writer. I have been burning CD's and DVD's without a problem in windows but when I installed Ubuntu, It only sees it as a CD-ROM.


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 04)00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 04)00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b4)00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 (rev b4)00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev b4)00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev b4)00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 (rev b4)00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 04)00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller (rev 04)00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 04)00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 04)02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): O2 Micro, Inc. 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller (rev 05)09:00.1 SD Host controller: O2 Micro, Inc. Integrated MMC/SD controller (rev 05)09:00.2 Mass storage controller: O2 Micro, Inc. O2 Flash Memory Card (rev 05)0a:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10)stratfordv-latitude-e5520 description: Laptop product: Latitude E5520 () vendor: Winbond Electronics version: 01 serial: H6QC4S1 width: 64 bits capabilities: smbios-2.6 dmi-2.6 vsyscall32 configuration: boot=normal chassis=laptop uuid=44454C4C-3600-1051-8043-C8C04F345331 *-core description: Motherboard product: 03PH4G vendor: Winbond Electronics physical id: 0 version: A01 serial: /H6QC4S1/CN7590023301CR/ *-firmware description: BIOS vendor: Winbond Electronics physical id: 0 version: A12 date: 03/10/2013 size: 64KiB capacity: 1984KiB capabilities: pci upgrade shadowing cdboot bootselect edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi biosbootspecification *-cpu description: CPU product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GHz vendor: Intel Corp. physical id: 4 bus info: cpu@0 version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2520M CPU @ 2.50GH serial: To Be Filled By O.E.M. slot: CPU 1 size: 800MHz capacity: 4GHz width: 64 bits clock: 100MHz capabilities: x86-64 fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx rdtscp constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid cpufreq configuration: cores=2 enabledcores=2 threads=4 *-cache:0 description: L1 cache physical id: 5 slot: L1-Cache size: 32KiB capacity: 32KiB capabilities: internal write-back unified *-cache:1 description: L2 cache physical id: 6 slot: L2-Cache size: 256KiB capacity: 256KiB capabilities: internal varies unified *-cache:2 description: L3 cache physical id: 7 slot: L3-Cache size: 3MiB capacity: 3MiB capabilities: internal varies unified *-memory description: System Memory physical id: 28 slot: System board or motherboard size: 4GiB *-bank:0 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 8JTF25664HZ-1G4M1 vendor: Micron physical id: 0 serial: E85BFFC2 slot: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-bank:1 description: SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1333 MHz (0.8 ns) product: 8JTF25664HZ-1G4M1 vendor: Micron physical id: 1 serial: E85BFFC3 slot: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 2GiB width: 64 bits clock: 1333MHz (0.8ns) *-pci description: Host bridge product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 100 bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0 version: 09 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: driver=agpgart-intel resources: irq:0 *-display description: VGA compatible controller product: 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 2 bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0 version: 09 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom configuration: driver=i915 latency=0 resources: irq:43 memory:e1c00000-e1ffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff ioport:7000(size=64) *-communication description: Communication controller product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 16 bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=mei latency=0 resources: irq:44 memory:e3d80000-e3d8000f *-usb:0 description: USB controller product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1a bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:16 memory:e3d50000-e3d503ff *-multimedia description: Audio device product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1b bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=0 resources: irq:45 memory:e3d40000-e3d43fff *-pci:0 description: PCI bridge product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:16 *-pci:1 description: PCI bridge product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.1 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:17 memory:e3c00000-e3cfffff *-network description: Wireless interface product: BCM4313 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: eth1 version: 01 serial: 9c:b7:0d:95:03:ab width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.20.155.1 (r326264) ip=10.0.0.12 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg resources: irq:17 memory:e3c00000-e3c03fff *-pci:2 description: PCI bridge product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:e3100000-e3afffff ioport:e1100000(size=10485760) *-pci:3 description: PCI bridge product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.5 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.5 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:17 memory:e3b00000-e3bfffff *-firewire description: FireWire (IEEE 1394) product: 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller vendor: O2 Micro, Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:09:00.0 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress ohci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=0 resources: irq:17 memory:e3b30000-e3b30fff *-generic description: SD Host controller product: Integrated MMC/SD controller vendor: O2 Micro, Inc. physical id: 0.1 bus info: pci@0000:09:00.1 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=0 resources: irq:18 memory:e3b20000-e3b201ff *-storage UNCLAIMED description: Mass storage controller product: O2 Flash Memory Card vendor: O2 Micro, Inc. physical id: 0.2 bus info: pci@0000:09:00.2 version: 05 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: storage pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e3b10000-e3b103ff memory:e3b00000-e3b003ff *-pci:4 description: PCI bridge product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 7 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1c.6 bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.6 version: b4 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm normal_decode bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=pcieport resources: irq:18 ioport:2000(size=16384) memory:e2000000-e30fffff ioport:e0000000(size=17825792) *-network description: Ethernet interface product: NetXtreme BCM5761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe vendor: Broadcom Corporation physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:0a:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: 10 serial: d0:67:e5:46:95:89 capacity: 1Gbit/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm vpd msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=tg3 driverversion=3.121 firmware=5761-v3.78 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:46 memory:e2010000-e201ffff memory:e2000000-e200ffff *-usb:1 description: USB controller product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1d bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm debug ehci bus_master cap_list configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 resources: irq:17 memory:e3d30000-e3d303ff *-isa description: ISA bridge product: HM65 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list configuration: latency=0 *-storage description: SATA controller product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.2 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2 logical name: scsi0 logical name: scsi1 version: 04 width: 32 bits clock: 66MHz capabilities: storage msi pm ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 resources: irq:42 ioport:70b0(size=8) ioport:70a0(size=4) ioport:7090(size=8) ioport:7080(size=4) ioport:7060(size=32) memory:e3d20000-e3d207ff *-disk description: ATA Disk product: ST320LT009-9WC14 vendor: Seagate physical id: 0 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/sda version: 1001 serial: W0Q36CKK size: 298GiB (320GB) capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=00040456 *-volume:0 description: EXT4 volume vendor: Linux physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1 logical name: /dev/sda1 logical name: / version: 1.0 serial: 1e6d393d-ae94-4983-83a4-e70974a40e66 size: 294GiB capacity: 294GiB capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink recover extents ext4 ext2 initialized configuration: created=2013-06-14 17:04:29 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2013-06-14 17:37:39 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,barrier=1,data=ordered mounted=2013-06-14 22:17:51 state=mounted *-volume:1 description: Extended partition physical id: 2 bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2 logical name: /dev/sda2 size: 3993MiB capacity: 3993MiB capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended *-logicalvolume description: Linux swap / Solaris partition physical id: 5 logical name: /dev/sda5 capacity: 3993MiB capabilities: nofs *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: DVD-ROM DS-8D3SH vendor: PLDS physical id: 1 bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/sr0 version: HD15 capabilities: removable audio dvd configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc *-serial UNCLAIMED description: SMBus product: 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller vendor: Intel Corporation physical id: 1f.3 bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3 version: 04 width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz configuration: latency=0 resources: memory:e3d10000-e3d100ff ioport:7040(size=32) *-battery product: DELL 2VYF521 vendor: Sanyo physical id: 1 version: 01/09/2012 serial: 09BF slot: Sys. Battery Bay capacity: 62160mWh configuration: voltage=11.1Vcd-drive version 0.83 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
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The driver selected is GNU/Linux
The default device for this driver is /dev/cdrom


Drivers available...
GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver
cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver
bin/cuesheet disk image driver
Nero NRG disk image driver


CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3


Drive: /dev/cdrom
Vendor : PLDS
Model : DVD-ROM DS-8D3SH
Revision : HD15
Profile List Feature
Read only DVD


Core Feature


Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported


Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit


Random Readable Feature


Multi-Read Feature


CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported


DVD Read Feature


DVD+RW Feature


DVD+R Feature


DVD+R Double Layer Feature


Initiator- and Device-directed Power Management Feature


CD Audio External Play Feature
SCAN command is supported
audio channels can be muted separately
audio channels can have separate volume levels
256 volume levels can be set


Ability to respond to all commands within a specific time Feature


Ability to perform DVD CSS/CPPM authentication via RPC Feature
CSS version 1

Ability to read and write using Initiator requested performance parameters Feature


The Logical Unit Unique Identifier Feature
209190007871


Vendor-specific code 10b Feature


Vendor-specific code ffdf Feature


Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No


Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : No


Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes


Writing....
Can write CD-RW : No
Can write DVD-R : No
Can write DVD-RAM : No
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : No


It is absolutely a burner. Not sure why linux thinks it isn't