[SOLVED]Why can't I burn cd/dvd discs?

diesel1 · 2008-11-12 22:04:26

Hi all,

I thought my cd/dvd burner must be on the blink but a new drive did not cure the problem.
Then I decided to repartition my drives with the addition of a new disk, even with the fresh install and the new cd/dvd I still cannot burn discs.

I do not know what to do next, any ideas?

Diesel1.

Last edited by diesel1 (2008-11-26 00:35:01)

floke · 2008-11-12 22:15:51

It might depend on the software you're using.
If you've tried the obvious (K3B, GnomeBaker etc.), you can try it from the terminal using 'wodim'.
Might help.

diesel1 · 2008-11-13 00:13:17

Hi floke,

I tried wodim with no options just 'wodim file.iso' and here is the output....

wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/cdrw
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'TSSTcorp'
Identification : 'CDDVDW SH-S202N '
Revision : 'SB00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction.
Speed set to 11080 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8.0 in real unknown mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 0/614400 (300 sectors).
Errno: 5 (Input/output error), flush cache scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 72 0B 00 00 00 00 00 0E 09 0C 00 00 00 02 00 00
Sense Key: 0x0 No Additional Sense, Segment 11
Sense Code: 0x00 Qual 0x02 (end-of-partition/medium detected) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 135.348s timeout 120s
Trouble flushing the cache
wodim: Cannot fixate disk.

It just sits there and leaves the drive locked.

Simon.

By the way, I have only used K3B in the last six years or so!

Last edited by diesel1 (2008-11-13 00:22:36)

mvdvarrier · 2008-11-13 21:34:08

Dear friends,
I think funny things are happening regarding CD/DVD writing & reading in linux & windows too. I have 2 Sony DVD-RW (DUAL LAYER) , and 2 CDRWs (samsung & LG). In my case writing both dvd & cd iso images seems problematic. Some times it succeeds but most of the time it give errors. I tried using K3B,Nero,brasero etc. Even Command
#growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=image.iso
just fails many time. Another funny thing is that the same dvd writer can't read the dvdrw disc burned by itself and the same disc is working well in the other drive!
Really I disturbed by these annoyances. I think it is a hardware fault due to sub standard technology by the vendors. Do any one can suggest a remedy?
Thanks in advance.
mvdvarrier

thunderogg · 2008-11-14 22:46:25

I had these problems before with Fedora 9. Arch worked fine, but then suddenly I started getting the same problems in Arch. So the problem may come with an update of a software maintained by the Fedora guys. There are some to choose from. Hm, something in the back of my head says "udev" ... but I may be wrong. Well, so here I go. Have to find a distro that works. I have to burn DVDs.

Look at this:
http://mso-chronicles.blogspot.com/2008 … ora-9.html

Last edited by thunderogg (2008-11-14 22:48:58)

diesel1 · 2008-11-15 13:21:02

Ok, that is all fine, but where do I go now?

Diesel1.

whompus · 2008-11-15 14:51:29

I use nerolinux with no problems, I know its commercial software which may bother you but it is available to try which may determine whether it's a hardware or software fault. There's a PKGBUILD in the AUR

diesel1 · 2008-11-15 20:12:19

Well I suppose to prove something or other I will try it.

Thanks,

Diesel1.

diesel1 · 2008-11-17 00:27:50

whompus wrote:

I use nerolinux with no problems, I know its commercial software which may bother you but it is available to try which may determine whether it's a hardware or software fault. There's a PKGBUILD in the AUR

Ok this is what nero says...

nero: error while loading shared libraries: libNeroAPI.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Simon.

MindTooth · 2008-11-17 00:38:32

Did you follow this guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CD_Burning_Tips

Birger

diesel1 · 2008-11-25 15:48:27

MindTooth wrote:

Did you follow this guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CD_Burning_Tips
Birger

I have followed this guide to the letter, K3B still says it cannot open the device for writing!
However, I did manage to burn an iso image to a cdr using wodim.
I would still like to use k3b.

Simon.

Last edited by diesel1 (2008-11-25 16:08:33)

whompus · 2008-11-25 19:11:10

Do you have any settings for your drives in fstab as I vaguely remember having to comment out the cd dvd drive settings.

diesel1 · 2008-11-25 22:01:17

whompus wrote:

Do you have any settings for your drives in fstab as I vaguely remember having to comment out the cd dvd drive settings.

Hi whompus,

I believe I have just the standard fstab entries.....

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/dvd /media/dvd auto ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0

I cannot understand why my cd burning with K3B used to work and now it doesn't. No one else seems to have an issue!

Thanks for replying,

Diesel1.

whompus · 2008-11-25 22:06:22

Under kde4 I had problems with those settings enabled, as long as you have udev you can disable those lines by commenting them out.

diesel1 · 2008-11-25 22:35:16

whompus wrote:

Under kde4 I had problems with those settings enabled, as long as you have udev you can disable those lines by commenting them out.

Ok, I commented those lines but still get 'cannot open device for writing' from K3B.

Simon.

whompus · 2008-11-25 23:15:14

I cannot think of much more other than a permission or udev or even power supply problem, do you have a live cd/usb stick handy that you could try as a test obviously this is limited to usb stick if you only have 1 dvd drive

diesel1 · 2008-11-25 23:20:27

whompus wrote:

I cannot think of much more other than a permission or udev or even power supply problem, do you have a live cd/usb stick handy that you could try as a test obviously this is limited to usb stick if you only have 1 dvd drive

I only have 1 dvd, and no experience of usb distros.

Diesel1.

EDIT - I reinstalled K3B and successfully burned a cd, not sure what was wrong but it has worked now.

Thanks for all the tips and help.

Last edited by diesel1 (2008-11-26 00:33:47)

vader · 2009-03-20 03:05:50

Old thread, however I had the same problem - simple fix.

/dev/sr0 (your cd/dvd drive) is read/write for group optical. Add yourself to group optical and everything works

eg:

sudo gpasswd -a <your user name> optical

All works fine then....

Cheers,
Vader

Arch Linux

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