Need help to get CD-RW burning to work

[poofyhairguy]

Ari Torhamo Wrote: 
> Hello,
> 
> Im in urgent need of help with burning CD-RWs. The problem is simply
> this: Nautilus doesn't write to disks, empty or already written. There
> is no problem with mounting CD-RWs that have data on them. The drive
> works as normal in that respect.
> 
> I looked at ubuntu-users archive, but couldn't find the awnser there. I
> think the bug  2265 might be related to this, but it didn't really help
> me to fix the problem. 
> 
> I'm visiting my brother to help him to get his data backed up, but I
> can't get it done because of this problem. I would be glad if wouldn't
> have to leave without getting his data safe. 
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> 
> Ari
> 

Ok. Here is the honest truth. Gnome's CD burning capabilties suck. It
is the one area where Gnome is REALLY behind. The best way to fix you
problem it to use KDE's burning program- K3B. To get it first you have
to enable the universe, this guide will tell you how:

http://ubuntuguide.org/

then use synaptic to install K3B. Or apt get (in commandline: sudo
apt-get install k3b after sudo apt-get update)

Then run K3B by adding a "custom application launcher" to Gnome's top
panel. In the "command:" space put "gksudo k3b." Then when you click
that icon, KDE will start. Its probably the best CD burning app in the
world.

Good luck!


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poofyhairguy