Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem
On Apr 4, 2005 2:46 AM, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I burn a CD. Any CD. I like to make sure it burns well, so I have > k3b check the disk and it gets about 70% of the way through and hangs > for a few minutes. Then it errors out that the verification could not > complete. [...] > Apr 4 02:30:31 alfred kernel: sr0: Current: sense key: Medium Error > Apr 4 02:30:31 alfred kernel: Additional sense: Unrecovered read error Well, "Medium error" indicates a problem with the medium, i.e., a problem with the actual disc. You'll notice that it comes from the "sr" (SCSI CD-ROM) device driver. That is not used for writing CDs -- only for reading them. The "sg" (SCSI generic) driver is used for writing to discs. So this is not a problem with the write process itself. Something I've had trouble with in the past are the various "auto mount on media load" gadgets. That is, daemons that poll devices to see if media has been inserted, and automatically mount it if so. The intent is to make it so that users don't have to manually mount media; they just stick the disc in and it magically appears on their GUI desktop. The problem occurs when these gadgets poll a drive which is half-way through writing a new CD. That obviously isn't going to work, and causes the drive itself to get all confused, which causes the whole thing to puke. I solve this problem by killing off and disabling all those auto-magic mount gadgets. I don't like them anyway, cause I'm an old-school control freak and like to mount my media manually, the way man was intended to. There's probably a more sophisticated solution, but this worked for me. YMMV. HTH. ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Reminder: Central NH Linux User Group meeting, TONIGHT, April 4th, 7 - 9 PM
TONIGHT: The Central New Hampshire Linux User Group (CentraLUG) holds free meetings that educate computer hobbyists and professionals alike about Linux, Open Source Software and Linux-related technologies. The monthly meeting will be held on April 4th at the New Hampshire Technical Institute Library in Concord, room 146 from 7 pm to 9 pm. Meetings are open to the public. Details and directions at http://www.centralug.org. This month, Bill Sconce will debrief his trip to Washington DC and report on Python Conference happenings and prognostications: new projects, show-and-tell, an outlook for Python 3.0, one difference between Python and Perl and more! Ed Lawson will present Scribus, an Open Source desktop publishing system. An open question and answer session will be held -- bring your Linux questions! Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: USB CD Burners? - Problem
On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 02:46:34AM -0400, Brian Chabot wrote: > Now I burn a CD. Any CD. I like to make sure it burns well, so I have > k3b check the disk and it gets about 70% of the way through and hangs > for a few minutes. Then it errors out that the verification could not > complete. Ben's suggestion is a good one. Also, what version of the kernel are you running? I've had a LOT of problems with my USB devices on different versions of the 2.6 kernel... -- Derek D. Martinhttp://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail. Sorry for the inconvenience. Thank the spammers. pgpUy7JP2nDF8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Reminder: Central NH Linux User Group meeting, TONIGHT, April 4th, 7 - 9 PM
TONIGHT: The Central New Hampshire Linux User Group (CentraLUG) holds free meetings that educate computer hobbyists and professionals alike about Linux, Open Source Software and Linux-related technologies. The monthly meeting will be held on April 4th at the New Hampshire Technical Institute Library in Concord, room 146 from 7 pm to 9 pm. Meetings are open to the public. Details and directions at http://www.centralug.org. This month, Bill Sconce will debrief his trip to Washington DC and report on Python Conference happenings and prognostications: new projects, show-and-tell, an outlook for Python 3.0, one difference between Python and Perl and more! Ed Lawson will present Scribus, an Open Source desktop publishing system. An open question and answer session will be held -- bring your Linux questions! Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-announce mailing list gnhlug-announce@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-announce ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: USB CD Burners?
This may or may not be related, but... I'm playing with an external USB Sony DRU-510a at work on Solaris 8. This is a DVD +/- RW drive. I have the same drive at home as an IDE drive and haven't gotten around to putting it in my USB 2.0 enclosure. Sun has something called cdrw that works with CDs. It isn't working with the DVD+R I have. There is something called growisofs (part of dvd+tools) that claims to work with DVD+R/DVD+RW devices. I can't get it to work either. I'll try tomorrow with -R media. I have gotten growisofs to work on linux with + media. The various hacked cdrecord programs do not work with the + media. On Apr 2, 2005 11:46 AM, Brian Chabot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone here had any good results with any USB CD burners running > under Linux? > > I'm hoping to pick one up soon, but the online documentation as to what > works and what doesn't is kind of scarce. > > I'm looking for something under $100 preferably, with backward > compatibility to USB1.1. > > Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas? > > Thanks, > > Brian > > -- > --- > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hirebrian.net | > | IT/MIS Manager - 6 Yrs Experience - Contract or Permanent | > | Self-taught, Fast Learner, and Team Player | > |Ready to Start TODAY at Your Company.| > --- > ___ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
No Hosstraders?
Hello LUGers, I recently posted a message[1] here asking if there was any interest in continuing the GNHLUG presence at Hosstraders. To date, I've received two responses, and only one person really interested in helping at the booth. So unless I receive an outpouring of volunteerism in the next few days, I think we can officially call GNHLUG's days at Hosstraders over. That doesn't have to be a bad thing; Linux's growing popularity (and the increase in consumer high-speed Internet) has largely eliminated the reasons we were there in the first place. [1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/518 -- Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: No Hosstraders?
Benjamin Scott wrote: Hello LUGers, I recently posted a message[1] here asking if there was any interest in continuing the GNHLUG presence at Hosstraders. To date, I've received two responses, and only one person really interested in helping at the booth. Well, I was about to write that I would bring versions of Knoppix remastered with ham radio applications for distribution and was giving thought to setting up a functional radio setup again. I must confess I don't tend to hang out at the booth for long periods and have been AWOL the past two events. I know some of the CENTRALUG people have talked about being there. Don't know if that helps or matters. Ed Lawson ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: No Hosstraders?
From: Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello LUGers, I recently posted a message[1] here asking if there was any interest in continuing the GNHLUG presence at Hosstraders. To date, I've received two responses, and only one person really interested in helping at the booth. So unless I receive an outpouring of volunteerism in the next few days, I think Well, after a little googling, I've determined: (1) Hosstraders is a ham radio swapfest... (2) It's on a Friday night (so I'm free then), and... (3) I want to go!! I can help out with the Linux end of things. Don't know much about ham, though it's an interest of mine. Sounds like it would be fun Dave ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
