oh wow. found-out i was using an old version of dvd+rw-tools (5.9). Guess gentoo is lagging a bit on it's versioning system.
wow. i would have averted a system lock-up if i used a recent version. time to file a bug report with gentoo to update their sources for dvd+rw-tools. here ya go: ---beginclipping--- - [unable to READ DVD STRUCTURE#E (52400)] - [unable to READ DVD STRUCTURE#0 (52400)] - [unable to READ TOC (52400)] INQUIRY: [PLEXTOR ][DVDR PX-708A ][1.01] MODE SENSE[#3Fh]: 01: 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02: 04 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05: 40 c7 08 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 96 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07: 00 0a 00 00 00 00 08: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1A: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1D: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 2A: 1f 17 f3 7f 29 23 2b 48 01 00 08 00 2b 48 00 00 0c fc 0c fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c fc 00 01 00 00 0c fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00: 00: 08 04 5f 00 3f 0f 00 2e 04 04 7f 00 80 00 00 2f 04 04 46 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e9 12 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 MODE SENSE[#2A]: 2A: 1f 17 f3 7f 29 23 2b 48 01 00 08 00 2b 48 00 00 0c fc 0c fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c fc 00 01 00 00 0c fc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: 0000: 00 1b 00 00 00 1a 01 00 00 14 00 00 00 13 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 08 00 00 0001: 00 00 00 02 0002: 00 00 00 00 0003: 29 00 00 00 0023: 002A: 01 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 0100: 0104: 0105: 0108: 31 31 39 38 38 38 20 20 Mounted Media: 1Ah, DVD+RW Current Write Speed: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s Write Speed #0: 2.4x1385=3324KB/s READ DISC INFORMATION: 00 20 10 01 01 01 01 00 ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty Number of Tracks: 1 READ FORMAT CAPACITIES: unformatted: 2295104*2048=4700372992 26h(0): 2295104*2048=4700372992 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: 00 22 01 01 00 04 41 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Track State: blank Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 2295104*2KB Track Size: 2295104*2KB ---endclipping--- On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 05:00, Rob Bogus wrote: > Andy Polyakov wrote: > > >Please! Could you submit output from 'dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/dvd verbose' > >with DVD+RW media in unit? As already mentioned on the list the question > >I seek answer for is in what extent does the unit in question support > >Mt.Rainier specification. In order to spare the subscribers some > >bandwidth, feel free to send the output to me personally. > > > > > The volume on this list is pretty low, and the idea of anyone having > time to write enough good technical material to flood it is hard to > believe. One vore for post it all and let the reader decide. > > > > > -- Roger http://www.speakeasy.net/~rogerxx/index.html