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Re: External DVD player for Linux

Two laptops (Ubuntu 18 with internal DVD player, and Ubuntu 20) and a desktop (MX, with built-in DVD player) - none of which will recognise an external DVD player. 
All the USB ports on all the computers seem to work with usb sticks (files and live USBs), external web-cams and wired keyboard, and they all appear on lsusb.  So I think the USB sockets are OK.
The DVD player has two leads (usb power and USB data) and I've tried mixing ports, but to no avail. 

The two players that I've tried were ch...
Two laptops (Ubuntu 18 with internal DVD player, and Ubuntu 20) and a desktop (MX, with built-in DVD player) - none of which will recognise an external DVD player. 
All the USB ports on all the computers seem to work with usb sticks (files and live USBs), external web-cams and wired keyboard, and they all appear on lsusb.  So I think the USB sockets are OK.
The DVD player has two leads (usb power and USB data) and I've tried mixing ports, but to no avail. 

The two players that I've tried were ch...