CD/DVD writer
TV Sivaraman
tvsraman at gmail.com
Tue Jun 17 12:30:44 UTC 2008
If you want GUI, I would suggest you install brasero (yum install brasero).
It is a simple CD/DVD burner. It is the default on Ubuntu.
Sivaraman.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Chris Carlson <cwcarlson at cox.net> 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.
>
> 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
>
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