DVD burn speeds borked?

[Brian Pack]

On Sunday 05 June 2005 03:01 pm, Brian Pack wrote:
> On Sunday 05 June 2005 02:20 pm, David M. Carney wrote:
> > > I use K3B to burn my DVDs, and I cannot get a good burn out of 8x media
> > > @ 8x speeds with a 16x capable burner. I've tried different brands of
> > > media, different burners, different distros, and even different
> > > computers. The 8x discs I try to burn @ 8x come out as coasters. Their
> > > viewable to a point but the burn is physically bad, with blank strips,
> > > scorches, and other errors.
> >
> > Here's a thought....
> >
> > Perhaps enabling DMA for your burner would help.
> >
> > Add this to the end of your /etc/hdparm.conf
> >
> > /dev/cdrom {
> >         dma = on
> > }
>
> <snip>
>
> Doesn't help. DMA is actually on by default on my box, and when I have that
> line active, I get a 'no such file or directory' error.

First, apologies for replying to myself...

Second, I get that error, but when I comment the line out (I'm using the 
command line version) and reboot, DMA is off when I come back. So I get the 
error, but it still turns DMA on. Go figure.

In any case, DMA is already on when I have the burning problems.

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