On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 19:59 +1000, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 06:58 pm, Anne Wilson tapped out: > > On Wednesday 17 Aug 2005 02:00, Aron Smith wrote: > > > My DVD writer suddenly stopped working although k3b says that it is > > > working fine and that everything was burned correctly, when I examine > > > the disk I see that nothing was burned. > > > how do I do a test burn without using k3b > > > This just started after updating my system > > > the DVD Writer is a Pioneer DVR -109 running externally via USB > > > System is a Fujitsu lifebook 7010 with 1 Gb ram > > > OS LE 2005 > > > > Install xcdroast. It's got an old-fashioned gnomish interface, but I find > > that some things are easier on xcdroast, so I keep both installed and use > > both. > > > > The other thing to try is launching k3b from a root console. You may get > > pointers in the messages printed out there. > > > > Can I take it that you have tried more than one disk, just in case it was a > > matter of bad media? > > > > Anne > > Why are we even bothering to just start throwing out suggestions about > changing the software the bloke is using? There is obviously something more > going on - below the level of application software. I myself witnessed this > upon my first installation of LE2005 - so we need to think a bit lower down > than the application level - such as if the mount point has been > "automagically" changed - or if the fstab has been modified - and such. > > So being that it worked before, what has changed since that point? Was there > a > system upgrade done? (URPMI or similar) A kernel change? fstab change? Problem solved (I hope) It seems that I had 3 bad disks in a row. I just did a test 3.5 Gb burn and it came out all right (now to try it with an ISO file ) > > plain text document attachment (message.footer) > ____________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? > Go to http://store.mandriva.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com > ____________________________________________________
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