[xubuntu-users] DVD burner not loading new discs

[James Freer]

On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, mischa falkenburg wrote:

> On 09/01/2012 07:07 PM, bob wrote:
>> 
>> On Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:58:41 -0400
>> mischa falkenburg <because_productions at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 09/01/2012 02:44 PM, James Freer wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 09/01/2012 01:36 AM, James Freer wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, 31 Aug 2012, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>>> Am i following the "Sin of Stupidity"
>>>>> Nah! You're good!
>>>>> 
>>>>>> One annoying thing with linux is occasionaly there is an app like this
>>>>>> one that is worth installing from the alternative desktop so there are
>>>>>> more dependencies than one would like. But it's certainly not the rest
>>>>>> of kde... 'runtime-kde' is installed i noticed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I see little difference between functionality with Xfburn and Brasero
>>>>>> but they do seem to have trouble every so often - each xubuntu release
>>>>>> seems to switch between the two. k3b is what i call a 'mature' app -
>>>>>> widely used and doesn't have problems that i know off.
>>>>> It's funny, for awhile k3b was broken and cursed, so everyone headed
>>>>> off to use Brasero. Then it broke and the tide receded back to k3b.
>>>>> It seems they trade places in the heart and minds depending on which
>>>>> runs reliably at the time, routinely. At least we have the choices!Ric
>>>> I'm sure you're right about k3b... it's my reserve for Brasero and
>>>> Xfburn. They do seem to have their 'dips'.
>>>> 
>>>> james
>>>> 
>>> Are you ALL telling me that the problem is BECAUSE of the software, and
>>> NOT the hardware?
>>> 
>>> M.
>> Well, this again my be a dumb answer, but as nobody offered an easy way to 
>> test the hardware without trying other software, the suggestion seems to be 
>> to try other software to see if your hardware works with that.  If it works 
>> with Brasero, for example, you have a pretty good idea the problem isn't 
>> the hardware.
>> 
>>
>>                             b
>> 
> Whether I would use Brasero or something else is not to the point.
>
> The OS used to at least be able to load a blank disc and show it to me on the 
> Desktop...that is not happening now. WHY(?) has been my question from the 
> beginning. Is there some line in the code that I may have "messed up" 
> somehow? How can I find out what the default settings are for Xubuntu and the 
> dvd to "play nice"?
>
> M.

A straight forward test of hardware is can you play a music CD or DVD film 
[check those beforehand on your TV and DVD player... one can get problems i 
heard not that i've experienced it]. I had a problem with the drive recently and 
exchanged it for another and fine.

Once you know your drive is ok then if you can't burn a disk the problem has to 
be with software. There are four choices; Xfburn, Brasero [once had a problem 
with it - i couldn't select the slow speed for an isoburn], k3b [now seems to be 
heavier on space and features - not something i want to use now on xubuntu], use 
a CLI app maybe GNU Xorriso - i've yet to read about it but probably harder to 
get configured [like all GNU] but i'm sure will work fine.

But from what you've said M. Above it looks very much to me like your drive 
isn't working properly. Borrow one or swop with another machine to test and then 
you'll know.

james