cd burning

[Derek Broughton]

Chris Kassopulo wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:48:44 -0400, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> Yes, I think the problems are known, and yes, I'm sure there's a
>> solution.
> 
> I'm using kernel 2.6.12-10 and cdrecord 2.01 both of which are standard
> packages from ubuntu for an updated 5.10.
> 
> CD Creator goes through the motions but nothing happens at the drive.
> 
> cdrecord from the command line gives me:
> 
> ckasso at lochness:~$ sudo cdrecord dev=/dev/cdrw -scanbus
> Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004
... 
> cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.12-10-386
> cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
> cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or
> Solaris. scsidev: '/dev/cdrw'
> devname: '/dev/cdrw'
> scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
> Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
> 
> It hangs there.

Sorry, that's _not_ one of the problems I've seen.  I've known it to fail
but not to hang.

However, you really shouldn't need to use sudo - what happens if you run as
a user in /dev/cdrw's owning group?
-- 
derek