On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 06:54:01 -0500, Paul Cartwright ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Mon December 29 2008, A. F. Cano wrote: > > k3b uses wodim as a backend, so I think the problem is with wodim. > > I tried it on a Philips CD/DVD writer SDVD6004. That gave the fewest > > errors, but the disks were useless afterward. They caused errors when > > read in the same drive. They could be read (sometimes) on other drives. > > so, I'm trying to figure out exactly what packages are uses here, with K3B, > to > burn a disc.. I see the cdrdao package that uses DAO mode, but where is > SAO... > here are the versions of applicable software I have installed: > > p...@paulandcilla:~/movies$ dpkg --list cdrdao > ii cdrdao 1:1.2.2-16 records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode > > > ii wodim 9:1.1.9-1 command line CD/DVD writing tool > > ii genisoimage 9:1.1.9-1 Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images If it's any help, I use k3b to burn DVDs almost daily and have exactly these same versions installed. I cannot remember when I last had any sort of failure or problem. > > # apt-cache search wodim > cdrdao - records CDs in Disk-At-Once (DAO) mode > cdrecord - Dummy transition package for wodim > cdrkit-doc - Documentation for the cdrkit package suite > cdw - Tool for burning CD's - console version > genisoimage - Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem images > gramofile - Transfer sound from gramophone records to CD > wodim - command line CD/DVD writing tool > > it shows cdrkit-doc, but not cdrkit. it shows cdrdao, but what gives you SAO?? > I might try to remove/purge these, and reinstall.. maybe an older version > might work, but that might also break things.. There is no cdrkit package available, just cdrkit-doc, which is the documentation for genisoimage, icedax and wodim. (See http://packages.debian.org/lenny/cdrkit-doc ) -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Please reply to the list only. Do NOT send copies directly to me. Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

