If you want GUI, I would suggest you install brasero (yum install brasero). It is a simple CD/DVD burner. It is the default on Ubuntu. Sivaraman.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Chris Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using Fedora 9 on a "AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor BE-2350". > The system (an eMachines computer) came with a CD/DVD read/write drive > (Optiarc Model: DVD RW AD-7200A Rev: 1.W1). When I load a blank DVD-R in > the drive, an icon appears that tells me I've got a blank DVD in the drive. > I double-click the icon, and CD/DVD Creator pops up. I drag/drop files > into the window and then tell it to "Write to Disc". It thinks for a while, > then pops up a little window with the very clear and informative message, > "Error!" I can find no information on what the error is or what I can do > about it. > > Thinking that the brand of CD/DVD writer was the problem, I installed an > older drive that I had from a previous computer (TSSTcorp Model: CD/DVDW > TS-H552B Rev: TS02). I get precisely that same results. > > I have also tried installing a blank CD-R. This works somewhat similar but > doesn't even provide me an "Error!" popup. I see something pop up quickly > and immediately disappear, but nothing seems to be written. I've tried this > with both drives as well with identical results. > > After discovering my sound didn't work because of a security setting, I'm > wondering if there is some security setting for writing CDs/DVDs. I've > modified all my /dev files related to the two drives to rw-rw-rw-, but that > doesn't seem to help. > > I put a DVD-RAM disk in the Optiarc drive, and I was able to copy a gob of > data to it. It's unreadable by Windows, but it proves to me that the drive > writes. > > Both drives can read CDs and DVDs without a problem. > > Below is the info determined by the kernel for the two drives (sr0 is the > TSSTcorp drive and sr1 is the Optiarc drive). > > cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom//info > CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17 > > drive name: sr1 sr0 > drive speed: 48 48 > drive # of slots: 1 1 > Can close tray: 1 1 > Can open tray: 1 1 > Can lock tray: 1 1 > Can change speed: 1 1 > Can select disk: 0 0 > Can read multisession: 1 1 > Can read MCN: 1 1 > Reports media changed: 1 1 > Can play audio: 1 1 > Can write CD-R: 1 1 > Can write CD-RW: 1 1 > Can read DVD: 1 1 > Can write DVD-R: 1 1 > Can write DVD-RAM: 1 0 > Can read MRW: 1 1 > Can write MRW: 1 1 > Can write RAM: 1 1 > > > Are there any settings or other places I should look for a problem? Is > this a Fedora bug? I'll file a bug if I'm not the only one seeing this > problem. > > Chris > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@redhat.com > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Dr. T. V. Sivaraman, Lane No. 5, 46A, Ravindrapuri, VARANASI - 221005. INDIA Ph. No. 91-542-2276605 919451273108
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