DVD-Writer issues Ubuntu Linux

[Mihai Tanasescu]

Mihai Tanasescu wrote:
>
>>> A funny thing happened this morning...as before going towards my
>>> workplace I had the curiosity to still try stuff.
>>> I took the wodim Jaunty package and installed (also fixing dep problems
>>> along the way).
>>> I tried with K3B writing a DVD+RW and a DVD+R and it worked (the first
>>> one by default, the DVD+R worked by dropping the speed manually to 12x
>>> instead of the auto detected 16x, after throwing another DVD out the 
>>> trash).
>>> This might very well be a coincidence..as the DVD+RW which worked..is
>>> handled by growisofs from what I knew in K3B.
>>> Now I reverted back to the previous wodim package and still got a
>>> similar result.
>>>
>>> I'm having a real trouble at grasping the issue and I still want my PC
>>> at home to have a friendly cd writing interface:)
>>> Tonight I'll try Nero for Linux..as I'm curious if it uses some sort of
>>> direct device interaction and if it works when compared with K3B +
>>> underlying tools.
>>> This problem is really making me very curious to dig for more and see
>>> the root cause.
>>>     
>>
>> You could try reading the examples on the growisofs man page. It just
>> not come simpler than that.
>>
>> Cheers Bob
>>
>>
>>   
> Thanks Bob for the advice.
>
> I found another guy on the linuxquestions forum with the same 
> problem..he said the K3B guys told him (on his bug report) that this 
> issue is caused by the DVD Writer firmware..and that sadly they'll 
> have no fix for it, other than waiting for LG to make an update (which 
> hasn't happened for 1-2 years now).
>
> I'm going to also try cdrecord to see how it goes and a trial version 
> of Nero for Linux, curious about the outcome in both cases.
>
>
> Regards,
> Mihai
>
With Nero for Linux it works..just finished testing.
Perhaps this mail thread will help anyone in case they run into similar 
problems with their hardware.