[xubuntu-users] Brasero failure. was: X software to rip and burn

[Preston Hagar]

> It was already installed.  I uninstalled K3b, reinstalled rhythmbox and brasero,
> and tried to make a copy of the "utltimate boot CD" of utilities used by a local
> charity I volunteer with.
>
> Brasero read the CD, ejected the medium, and prompty died.  I tried several
> variations.  Pretty much the same, though some died more quickly than that.
>
> Help?
>
>
> --
> Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
>


I've written this to the Ubuntu list before, so I will just link to
the post here if that is okay:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2011-September/250277.html

Basically, pretty much all the GUI front-ends for burning CDs
(Brasero, K3B, etc.) all use the same underlying command lines and
libraries to perform the burn.  For a long time, the ones that ship
with Ubuntu, by default are not that great and haven't been updated in
a while.  There are better ones you can get.

Install from this PPA:

https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+archive/cdrtools

and try again. (the link has more detail including why the libraries
are different).

Hope this helps,

Preston