HP DVD Writer 1260 is "not supported" on Smart Status not recognized after installing full Ubuntu from prev dual boot.

On prior Ubuntu install as dual w/Win XP, its icon would show on desktop upon closing it w/media. On present FULL ubuntu install system does nothing when closing drive w/media. Data still showing on Disk Utility & BIOS but sys won't offer a view of contents or a launch of the brasero app. Perhaps not a bug. ?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gnome-disk-utility 2.32.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Oct 25 13:12:05 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/palimpsest
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: gnome-disk-utility
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
XsessionErrors:
 (<unknown>:1416): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.SectionsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
 (<unknown>:1416): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
 (<unknown>:1416): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.GlobalGroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
 (<unknown>:1416): dee-WARNING **: Transaction from com.canonical.Unity.ApplicationsPlace.RunnerGroupsModel is in the past. Ignoring transaction.
 (nautilus:1438): GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL **: gdk_pixbuf_format_get_name: assertion `format != NULL' failed