On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 11:09, Andrew Konosky wrote: > I just got my Optorite DVDRW, drive (12x DVD+R; 8x DVD-R; 4x DVD+-RW; > 2.4x DVD+R9; 40x CD-R; 24x CD-RW; 40x CD-ROM; 12x DVD-ROM) drive from > Newegg and have just installed it. It is 2ndry IDE Master (/dev/hdc > /mnt/cdrom) I also have a Sony 52x CD-ROM, which is 2ndry IDE Slave > (/dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom1). I have one TDK 2.4x DVD+RW 4.7GB disc and a 10 > pack of Legacy 4x DVD+RW 4.7GB discs, but I am unable to burn on either > of them. I checked my fstab file, and the drive automounts CDs fine (in > KDE) and I just tested the burner by erasing and then recording a Compaq > 650mb CD-RW, which was a success. Maybe this drive is not supported in K3B? > ============ > > When I ejected the blank DVD+RW's after the failed burn, they appear to > have data written on the inner part of the disc, but K3B doesn't even > start the write before it fails. Also, my KDE desktop keeps refreshing > as if something is going on in the background, and I am unable to eject > the blank disk without rebooting. > > Any ideas on how to fix this? While that's a lot of information (which is a GOOD THING (tm)) you didn't include the kernel version you have. At least not that I could find. If it's 2.6.8-1.521 you need to run k3b as root (su - or sudo) otherwise it won't burn. -------------------------------------- Mark Haney Network Administrator InterAct Public Safety Systems mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) Kernel: 2.6.8-1.521 GNU/Linux 16:45:22 up 5:39, 2 users, load average: 1.35, 1.12, 1.07
