Public bug reported: I'm using an Edgy-beta install on my laptop with a Freecom 24B external usb cd-writer. When I try to write a cd image through nautilus (right click iso file -> write to disc...) the dialog option of write speed has 1764 options to choose from. Starting at 11.7x repeating 15 times, then 11.6x 15 times etc.
I am still able to burn discs ok. Here is the abbreviated output from /usr/lib/nautilus-cd-burner/list_cddrives [code] Drive: name: FREECOM24B device: /dev/scd0 door: closed type: CD-R, CD-RW, CD is mounted: FALSE max read speed: 3881 KiB/s (CD 25.8x, DVD 2.8x) max write speed: 1764 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) write speeds: 1764 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1763 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1762 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1761 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1760 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1759 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.3x) 1758 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.2x) 1757 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.2x) 1756 KiB/s (CD 11.7x, DVD 1.2x) 1755 KiB/s (CD 11.6x, DVD 1.2x) 1754 KiB/s (CD 11.6x, DVD 1.2x) 1753 KiB/s (CD 11.6x, DVD 1.2x) 1752 KiB/s (CD 11.6x, DVD 1.2x) 1751 KiB/s (CD 11.6x, DVD 1.2x) ... 9 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 8 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 7 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 6 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 5 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 4 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 3 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 2 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) 1 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x) Media: label: '' type: CD-RW (rewritable) (blank) is writable: TRUE is appendable: FALSE capacity: 701.00 MiB approx. or 80 mins 0 secs size: 0.00 MiB approx. or 0 mins 0 secs [/code] Notice that the speed is stepping down in single KiB/s. This is probably undesirable. I'll gladly provide any more details. Thanks ** Affects: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- USB CD-Writer speeds reported incorrectly in nautilus-cd-writer https://launchpad.net/bugs/64063 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs