Root owns my CD-RW's after re-inst. - can't burn

Mon Jan 10 21:15:33 UTC 2005

Pybe

Thanks for the offer to help.  I've obtained some blank CDRs, but this
thread didn't give me the answer that I needed after all.  My precise
symtoms are as follows:

1. The Nautilus burning window doesn't pop up when I insert blank
media.  I've checked Gnome's removable storage settings and they seem
OK.

2. If I manually invoke the Nautilus CD burner by choosing Places> CD
Creator, it hangs part way through the burn process.  The status bar
tells me that the ISO has been created, but burning never starts.

3. If I attempt to use XCDRoast in my user name, I get this error
message when I attempt to start the burning process:
> 
> Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "ATAPI:0,0,0"
> gracetime=2 fs=4096k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=4 -dao
> -eject -pad -data "/home/jonny/Desktop/warty-release-install-i386.iso"
> ...
> 
> scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0'
> devname: 'ATAPI'
> scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
> Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
> Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
> Warning: There may be fatal problems.
> cdrecord: Warning: using unofficial version of libscg
> (ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1 '@(#)scsitransp.c	1.90 04/01/14 Copyright
> 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling').
> SCSI buffer size: 64512
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a29 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
> Schilling
> cdrecord: Drive does not support SAO recording.
> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an unofficial (modified) release of
> cdrecord
> cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.
> and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
> 

4. If I attempt sudo xcdroast, things brighten up.  A little slow
(maybe I need to manually override the speed setting), but it works:
> 
> Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "ATAPI:0,0,0"
> gracetime=2 fs=4096k driveropts=burnfree -v -useinfo speed=4 -dao
> -eject -pad -data "/home/jonny/Desktop/warty-release-install-i386.iso"
> ...
> 
> scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0'
> devname: 'ATAPI'
> scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
> Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
> Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
> Warning: There may be fatal problems.
> cdrecord: Warning: using unofficial version of libscg
> (ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1 '@(#)scsitransp.c	1.90 04/01/14 Copyright
> 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling').
> SCSI buffer size: 64512
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a29 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
> Schilling
> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an unofficial (modified) release of
> cdrecord
> and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
> Please send bug reports and support requests to
> <cdrtools at packages.debian.org>.
> The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
> version.
> 
> TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
> Using libscg version 'ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1'.
> Driveropts: 'burnfree'
> atapi: 1
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 1
> Vendor_info    : 'CD-R/RW '
> Identifikation : 'CW099D CD-R/RW  '
> Revision       : '13SM'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Current: 0x0009
> Profile: 0x000A
> Profile: 0x0009 (current)
> Profile: 0x0008
> Profile: 0x0002 (current)
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
> Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P
> RAW/R96R
> Drive buf size : 1951488 = 1905 KB
> FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> pregap1: -1
> Track 01: data   522 MB         padsize:   30 KB
> Total size:      600 MB (59:29.05) = 267679 sectors
> Lout start:      600 MB (59:31/04) = 267679 sectors
> Current Secsize: 2048
> ATIP info from disk:
> Indicated writing power: 5
> Is not unrestricted
> Is not erasable
> Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
> ATIP start of lead in:  -12520 (97:15/05)
> ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
> Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
> Manuf. index: 26
> Manufacturer: TDK Corporation
> Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 92170
> Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 4 in real SAO mode for single
> session.
> Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ...
> input buffer ready.
> BURN-Free is OFF.
> Turning BURN-Free on
> Performing OPC...
> Sending CUE sheet...
> cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150
> Writing pregap for track 1 at -150
> Starting new track at sector: 0
> 
> Track 01: writing  30 KB of pad data.
> Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 548175872/548206592 (267679
> sectors).
> Writing  time:  938.210s
> Average write speed   3.8x.
> Min drive buffer fill was 100%
> Fixating...
> Fixating time:   28.862s
> BURN-Free was never needed.
> cdrecord: fifo had 8635 puts and 8635 gets.
> cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 8553 times full, min fill was
> 84%.
> 

5. If I attempt to use gnome-coaster in my own name, I get this error
message:
> 
> cdrecord: No write mode specified.
> cdrecord: Asuming -tao mode.
> cdrecord: Future versions of cdrecord may have different drive
> dependent defaults.
> cdrecord: Continuing in 5 seconds...
> cdrecord: Operation not permitted. WARNING: Cannot set RR-scheduler
> cdrecord: Permission denied. WARNING: Cannot set priority using
> setpriority().
> cdrecord: WARNING: This causes a high risk for buffer underruns.
> scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,0,0'
> devname: 'ATAPI'
> scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
> Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
> Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
> Warning: There may be fatal problems.
> cdrecord: Warning: using unofficial version of libscg
> (ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1 '@(#)scsitransp.c	1.90 04/01/14 Copyright
> 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling').
> SCSI buffer size: 64512
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a29 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J rg
> Schilling
> NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an unofficial (modified) release of
> cdrecord
> and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original
> version.
> Please send bug reports and support requests to
> <cdrtools at packages.debian.org>.
> The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
> version.
> 
> TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2
> Using libscg version 'ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1'.
> atapi: 1
> Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
> Version        : 0
> Response Format: 1
> Vendor_info    : 'CD-R/RW '
> Identifikation : 'CW099D CD-R/RW  '
> Revision       : '13SM'
> Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
> Current: 0x0009
> Profile: 0x000A 
> Profile: 0x0009 (current)
> Profile: 0x0008 
> Profile: 0x0002 (current)
> Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
> Driver flags   : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
> Supported modes: 
> FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
> cdrecord: Drive does not support TAO recording.
> cdrecord: Illegal write mode for this drive.
> 

6. I'm a member of the following groups: adm, audio, cdrom, dialout,
dip, floppy, jonny, lpadmin, plugdev, scanner, video.

7. Pretty well everything else in ubuntu is wonderful.  That's why I
want to be able to burn some install CDs to give to my friends!

-- 
jonny