it turns out my drive didnt support dvd+r media but there is a firmware upgrade to A306 which makes it work! i tested wodim and brasero.
-- Unable to burn DVD+R with growisofs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/336006 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
