CD-R/W not working

[James Takac]

On Friday 07 December 2007 06:18:38 Jimmy Wu wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2007 3:15 PM, Jimmy Wu <jimmywu013 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 2007 8:09 PM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Thursday 06 December 2007 08:07:43 Jimmy Wu wrote:
> > > > On Dec 3, 2007 9:16 PM, James Takac <p3nndrag0n at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 04 December 2007 11:53:30 Jimmy Wu wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a relatively fresh installation of Xubuntu 7.10, and I was
> > > > > > trying
> > > > >
> > > > > to
> > > > >
> > > > > > burn my home directories to an old CD-RW that has stuff on it
> > > > > > that
> > >
> > > I no
> > >
> > > > > > longer wants.  When I pop the CD into my CD-RW drive, it mounts
> > > > >
> > > > > normally,
> > > > >
> > > > > > and I can see all the stuff on it.  However, Brasero doesn't, and
> > >
> > > tells
> > >
> > > > > me
> > > > >
> > > > > > there is no disk when I try to erase or burn.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What could be wrong?  (Please excuse my noobish-ness - first
> > >
> > > attempt at
> > >
> > > > > > working with any sort of CD with Linux)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jimmy
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Jimmy
> > > > >
> > > > > Have you installed cdrtools and udftools I think they are
> > > > >
> > > > > James
> > > > >
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> > > > Hi James,
> > > >
> > > > I looked for cdrtools and the package doesn't seem to exist.  I
> > >
> > > installed
> > >
> > > > udftools, but that didn't change anything.  I went looking around for
> > > > manuals and managed to get a CD burned with mkisofs and cdrecord, but
> > >
> > > I
> > >
> > > > still would like to know what's wrong with brasero.  It shows the
> > > > name
> > >
> > > of
> > >
> > > > the CD-R/W drive (HP 9300), but says no disc even when there is
> > >
> > > clearly a
> > >
> > > > disk inside that even gets mounted properly by the OS.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jimmy
> > >
> > > Hi Jimmy
> > >
> > > Seems it may have been changed to cdrskin. Check also for cdrdao. The
> > > other
> > > possibility is that brasero might not like the drive. May be worth
> > > trying
> > > k3b. I think I had probs with brasero but not sure as it's been a while
> > > since
> > > I used that
> > >
> > > James
> > >
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> >
> > All right - I will try those suggestions when I get the chance.  Just out
> > of curiosity, isn't brasero a GNOME application?  If so, what is it doing
> > as the default cd burning application in Xubuntu?  And I see no reason
> > why brasero would need extra packages when it seems that my system can
> > already burn CD's.
> > I think I might go and install xfburn, which was what used to be the
> > default in xubuntu (IIRC)
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> >
> > Jimmy
> > --
> > Registered Linux User #454138
>
> oops, sent mail using the wrong from address and the message got bounced.
> Here it is again (above)
>
> Also, k3b has KDE dependencies, right?  I think I'm going to stay away from
> that (avoid pulling in excess dependencies and keep a minimal system for
> performance considerations)
>
> Jimmy


Hi Jimmy

I believe it is. My understanding is that there's been some headway towards 
making programs from Gnome or KDE work in the other environments more 
readily. So a good number of programs should work in either

James