On Sun, 2004-12-19 at 00:38 +0100, Jim Dishaw (dishawjp) wrote: > Aaron Konstam wrote: > >I still can't understand why people insist on using > >cdrecord to write to CD-s instead of xcdroast or k3d. > >It just makes ones life more complicated. > > I originally tried to use the Nautilus CD burning > utility, then k3b, then xcdroast. None would work. > > In order to get some decent error messages to try to > troubleshoot the problem, I then switched to cdrecord. > > I have tried burning as root and as normal user. The > hardware is OK since I can boot the same computer to > FC2 and burn CD's just fine. > > Any pointers greatly appreciated. > > Jim Dishaw > > > -- > This is an email sent via the webforum on http://fcp.homelinux.org > I have an issue with one CD burner and not the other. as root do: #lshal < lshal-no-media.txt with no media in the drive then insert a blank media then do: #lshal < lshal-with-media.txt then do: #diff lshal-no-media.txt lshal-with-media.txt You should have some difference between those two files. If there is no difference your problem is with hal. I still haven't totally tracked who's responsible for hal but, at least there's a start. Best, Steve
