Your log file does not even contain the start of the blanking command. If you like to help, please run cdrecord -V blank=fast -v and later cut/paste the past ~50 lines from ther terminal.
I would guess that your problem may be related to HALD. Could you kill hald before running the test? -- cdrecord hangs with kernel >= 2.6.10 and cyberdrive cdrw https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/28210 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs