Re: lightscribe cd/dvd writers and linux

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On Sun, 2006-07-23 at 01:47 -0400, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 July 2006 17:27, Steven Pasternak wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi! I was wondering how well lightscribe cd/dvd writers work under
> >> linux? They are the ones that can also burn pictures and stuff on one
> >> side of the media and data/music on the other. I don't want to bother
> >> getting it if I can't use that feature (no, I won't use Windoze,
> >> either!). If anyone has any experience with it, do please tell.
> >> Thanks! -Steven
> >>     
> >
> > I have one built into the HP lappy I bought last spring, with a dual 
> > boot of xp and fc5.  Under fc5, with the newest bios, it works 
> > perfectly, but even when empty it tends to be very verbose in the logs 
> > about some minor thing.  So apparently fc5's bus scanner is alive and 
> > well, and it should learn to shut up if there's no disk in the drive.  
> > But, I haven't made a coaster with it yet either.  OTOH, I'm not 
> > feeding it any lightscribe compatible disks until they're considerably 
> > more reasonably priced. $4/disk or more isn't in my budget.  Me old 
> > fart, retired etc etc.
> >
> >   
> What program could I even use to write the label on the disc using the 
> drive's function (not printable paper labels, though)?
> 

There was a program that came with the lightscribe drive I currently
have.  I have been planning on getting it to run under Cedega, under
Linux.

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