--- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 16:43 -0700, Mick Mearns wrote: > > Hello; > > When I fire up k3b and go to: > > settings->Configure k3b->Devices > > > > It says that the drive will not write DVD+R(RW)S > > That is not correct, it does and works under XP. > > I upgraded the BIOS to 1.10 with the same result. > > What does "cdrecord -prcap" say? > > That reports what the drive says it's capable of doing. > > Paul. > -- Hello Paul cdrecord -prcap Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilling Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this version. scsidev: '/dev/cdrom' devname: '/dev/cdrom' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 0 Response Format: 1 Vendor_info : 'PLEXTOR ' Identifikation : 'DVDR PX-708A ' Revision : '1.10' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A: Does read CD-R media Does write CD-R media Does read CD-RW media Does write CD-RW media Does read DVD-ROM media Does read DVD-R media Does write DVD-R media Does not read DVD-RAM media Does not write DVD-RAM media Does support test writing Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks Does read digital audio blocks Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording Does read multi-session CDs Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2 Does not read CD bar code Does read R-W subcode information Does return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in Does return CD media catalog number Does return CD ISRC information Does support C2 error pointers Does deliver composite A/V data Does play audio CDs Number of volume control levels: 256 Does support individual volume control setting for each channel Does support independent mute setting for each channel Does not support digital output on port 1 Does not support digital output on port 2 Loading mechanism type: tray Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command Is not currently in a media-locked state Does not support changing side of disk Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature Does not support Individual Disk Present feature Maximum read speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x) Current read speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x) Maximum write speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x) Current write speed: 7056 kB/s (CD 40x, DVD 5x) Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV Buffer size in KB: 2048 Copy management revision supported: 0 Number of supported write speeds: 5 Write speed # 0: 7056 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 40x, DVD 5x) Write speed # 1: 5645 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 32x, DVD 4x) Write speed # 2: 2822 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 16x, DVD 2x) Write speed # 3: 1411 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 8x, DVD 1x) Write speed # 4: 706 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 4x, DVD 0x) Dogs have Masters - Siamese Cats have Staff! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com