CD\DVD-RW Writting Problem (Newbee)

Wed Jun 10 12:25:44 UTC 2009

On Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:14:49 +0000, Chris Taylor wrote:

> HI can anyone help me please I'm new to linux please be very simple in
> answers
> I have just upgrade to  "Ubuntu 9.04 - the Jaunty Jackalope - released
> in April 2009."
> I have K3B Brasero Disk Burner installed but I can't write to the
> CD/DVD- RW. I believe it is a permission setting but but know where to
> find to fix
> Please if you would be so kind to help

System
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K3b Version: 1.0.5

KDE Version: 3.5.10
QT Version:  3.3.8b
Kernel:      2.6.28-13-generic
Devices
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HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B 1.01 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-
ROM] [DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, 
RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R]

K3bIsoImager
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mkisofs print size result: 238 (487424 bytes)
Pipe throughput: 487424 bytes read, 487424 bytes written.

Used versions
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mkisofs: 1.1.9
cdrecord: 1.1.9

cdrecord
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/usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise 
RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.9
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identification : 'RW/DVD GCC-4521B'
Revision       : '1.01'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
Current: 0x000A (CD-RW)
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) (current)
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) 
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) 
Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk) (current)
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc   CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags   : MMC-2 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/
R96R
Drive buf size : 1328096 = 1296 KB
FIFO size      : 12582912 = 12288 KB
Speed set to 706 KB/s
WARNING: found a microscopic small track size (487424 bytes).
         Do you really want to write this image? Press Ctrl-C to abort...
Track 01: data     0 MB         padsize:  124 KB
Total size:        0 MB (00:04.02) = 302 sectors
Lout start:        1 MB (00:06/02) = 302 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 5
  Reference speed: 2
  Is not unrestricted
  Is erasable
  ATIP start of lead in:  -11635 (97:26/65)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
  1T speed low:  0 (reserved val  0) 1T speed high:  4
  2T speed low:  8 2T speed high:  0 (reserved val 10)
  power mult factor: 4 6
  recommended erase/write power: 3
  A1 values: 02 4C B0
  A2 values: 4A C8 36
Disk type:    Phase change
Manuf. index: 3
Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation
Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 359547
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed   4.0 in real TAO mode for multi 
session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in   22 seconds.
  21 seconds.
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  17 seconds.
  16 seconds.
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   4 seconds.
   3 seconds.
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   1 seconds.
   0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:    0 of    0 MB written.
Track 01: writing 124 KB of pad data.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 487424/614400 (300 sectors).
Writing  time:   36.112s
Average write speed   0.2x.
Fixating...
Errno: 5 (Input/output error), close track/session scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  5B 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 72 01 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x72 Qual 0x01 (session fixation error writing lead-in) Fru 
0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) 
cmd finished after 52.857s timeout 480s
cmd finished after 52.857s timeout 480s
Fixating time:   52.860s
/usr/bin/wodim: Cannot fixate disk.
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 8 puts and 8 gets.
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 
100%.
BURN-Free was never needed.

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=4 -tao 
driveropts=burnfree -eject -multi -xa -tsize=238s - 

mkisofs
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238
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
Total translation table size: 0
Total rockridge attributes bytes: 856
Total directory bytes: 1324
Path table size(bytes): 10
Max brk space used 0
238 extents written (0 MB)

mkisofs calculate size command:
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/usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid backup 
disk1 -volset  -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG 
AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -
volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-chris/k3bF3l9Db.tmp -rational-rock -hide-
list /tmp/kde-chris/k3bcUfTzb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /
tmp/kde-chris/k3bLyg4Cb.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-
level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-chris/k3bUGpWzb.tmp 

mkisofs command:
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/usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -volid backup disk1 -volset  -
appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2006 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -
publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /
tmp/kde-chris/k3b66Pgla.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-chris/
k3bw0ePAb.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-chris/
k3bFf9qZa.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-
list /tmp/kde-chris/k3bsrs4Ya.tmp