CD/DVD writer
joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de
Mon Jun 16 04:22:20 UTC 2008
Chris Carlson wrote:
> I'm using Fedora 9 on a "AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor
> BE-2350". The system (an eMachines computer) came with a CD/DVD
> read/write drive (Optiarc Model: DVD RW AD-7200A Rev: 1.W1). When I
> load a blank DVD-R in the drive, an icon appears that tells me I've got
> a blank DVD in the drive. I double-click the icon, and CD/DVD Creator
> pops up. I drag/drop files into the window and then tell it to "Write
> to Disc". It thinks for a while, then pops up a little window with the
> very clear and informative message, "Error!" I can find no information
> on what the error is or what I can do about it.
Hi,
I had similar problems when burning CDs/DVDs (on the gnome desktop), but
I partially could bypass them by stopping the HAL daemon before burning
(with cdrecord/growisofs).
When booting into a pure console environment (init mode 3), I got rid
from all such problems.
>
> Thinking that the brand of CD/DVD writer was the problem, I installed an
> older drive that I had from a previous computer (TSSTcorp Model: CD/DVDW
> TS-H552B Rev: TS02). I get precisely that same results.
>
> I have also tried installing a blank CD-R. This works somewhat similar
> but doesn't even provide me an "Error!" popup. I see something pop up
> quickly and immediately disappear, but nothing seems to be written.
> I've tried this with both drives as well with identical results.
>
> After discovering my sound didn't work because of a security setting,
> I'm wondering if there is some security setting for writing CDs/DVDs.
> I've modified all my /dev files related to the two drives to rw-rw-rw-,
> but that doesn't seem to help.
>
> I put a DVD-RAM disk in the Optiarc drive, and I was able to copy a gob
> of data to it. It's unreadable by Windows, but it proves to me that the
> drive writes.
>
> Both drives can read CDs and DVDs without a problem.
>
> Below is the info determined by the kernel for the two drives (sr0 is
> the TSSTcorp drive and sr1 is the Optiarc drive).
>
> cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom//info
> CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17
>
> drive name: sr1 sr0
> drive speed: 48 48
> drive # of slots: 1 1
> Can close tray: 1 1
> Can open tray: 1 1
> Can lock tray: 1 1
> Can change speed: 1 1
> Can select disk: 0 0
> Can read multisession: 1 1
> Can read MCN: 1 1
> Reports media changed: 1 1
> Can play audio: 1 1
> Can write CD-R: 1 1
> Can write CD-RW: 1 1
> Can read DVD: 1 1
> Can write DVD-R: 1 1
> Can write DVD-RAM: 1 0
> Can read MRW: 1 1
> Can write MRW: 1 1
> Can write RAM: 1 1
>
>
> Are there any settings or other places I should look for a problem? Is
> this a Fedora bug? I'll file a bug if I'm not the only one seeing this
> problem.
>
> Chris
>
--
Joachim Backes
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