CD/DVD writer

[joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de]

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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