Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-06 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM, MHR wrote: > I have been having some strange results trying to burn CDs under > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related because I have had > some success, in fact most of this usually works. > > I use k3b for most of my CD and DVD writing - it seems to wor

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:25 PM, fred smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 04:05:02PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: >> > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> > >> >> OK. I've made some tests and if you believe that anything I ran into >> >> warrants a bug or

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 04:05:02PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > > Lanny Marcus wrote: > > > >> OK. I've made some tests and if you believe that anything I ran into > >> warrants a bug or support request against K3b, on CentOS.org and/or > >> Re

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:37 PM, Rex Dieter wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> OK. I've made some tests and if you believe that anything I ran into >> warrants a bug or support request against K3b, on CentOS.org and/or >> RedHat.com please tell me. > > redhat probably. We saw similar issue(s) in

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:14 PM, fred smith wrote: > There is an option in K3B to automatically erase RW media when it finds > one in its drive. You have to set that option or else it defaults to not > erasing it (and not asking you). > > On the Settings menu, Configure K3B, Writing, Advanced, is

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2009 18:30:40 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Anne Wilson > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but >> >> >> >> >> >> nothing >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> gra

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Rex Dieter
Lanny Marcus wrote: > OK. I've made some tests and if you believe that anything I ran into > warrants a bug or support request against K3b, on CentOS.org and/or > RedHat.com please tell me. redhat probably. We saw similar issue(s) in fedora awhile back, and patched k3b to auto-demount media

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 11:19:46AM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Anne Wilson > wrote: > >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but nothing >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> grave. I cannot erase >CD-RW media with k3b, most or all > >> >> >> >> of t

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread fred smith
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 09:23:55AM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Anne Wilson > wrote: > > On Sunday 04 January 2009 11:50:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> > On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bi

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 04 January 2009 18:30:40 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but > >> >> >> >> >> nothing > >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> grave. I cannot erase >CD-RW media with k3b,

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but nothing >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> grave. I cannot erase >CD-RW media with k3b, most >> >> >> >> >> or all of the > >> >> >> > I struggled with this, trying as many ways as I >

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 04 January 2009 16:19:46 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but nothing > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> grave. I cannot erase >CD-RW media with k3b, most > >> >> >> >> or all of the > >> >>

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:46 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: >> >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 >bit), but nothing >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> grave. I cannot erase >CD-RW media with k3b, most or all >> >> >> >> of the >> >> >> > I struggled with this, trying as many ways as I >could thi

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 04 January 2009 14:23:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Sunday 04 January 2009 11:50:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> > On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but n

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Sunday 04 January 2009 11:50:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> > On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. >> >> >> I cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Kay Diederichs wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Anne Wilson >> wrote: >>> On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I >> cannot erase CD-R

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 04 January 2009 11:50:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. > >> >> I cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most o

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Kay Diederichs
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Anne Wilson > wrote: >> On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: > I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I > cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most or all of the time. I ran into >

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I >> >> cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most or all of the time. I ran into >> > I struggled with this, tryin

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-04 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 03 January 2009 22:22:52 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 03 January 2009 21:21:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > > > > >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I > >> cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, mos

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-03 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 03 January 2009 21:21:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I >> cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most or all of the time. I ran into >> that last night. Went to M$ Windows

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-03 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 4:30 PM, fred smith wrote: > On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 04:21:55PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I do have an issue with k3b (CentOS 5.2, 32 bit), but nothing grave. I >> cannot erase CD-RW media with k3b, most or all of the time. I ran into >> that last night. Went to M$ Wind

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-03 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 03 January 2009 21:21:55 Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM, MHR wrote: > > I have been having some strange results trying to burn >CDs under > > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related >because I have had > > some success, in fact most of this usually works

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-03 Thread fred smith
On Sat, Jan 03, 2009 at 04:21:55PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM, MHR wrote: > > I have been having some strange results trying to burn >CDs under > > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related >because I have had > > some success, in fact most of this usually

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2009-01-03 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM, MHR wrote: > I have been having some strange results trying to burn >CDs under > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related >because I have had > some success, in fact most of this usually works. > > I use k3b for most of my CD and DVD writing - it seems to w

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread Michael A. Peters
MHR wrote: *snip* > > Any ideas/suggestions? I always just use the cli tool, and I always do the actual burn as root. To make a CD/DVD image I use - mkisofs -J -l -r -o foo.iso /path/to/some/directory To burn - which I do as root - I insert the media, wait a few seconds, then - cdrecord -dev

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 1:27 PM, MHR wrote: > I have been having some strange results trying to burn CDs under > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related because I have had > some success, in fact most of this usually works. > > I use k3b for most of my CD and DVD writing - it seems to wor

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread William L. Maltby
On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 11:09 -0800, MHR wrote: > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:37 AM, William L. Maltby > wrote: > > > > As to the "in use" part, I'll make a SWAG (Scientific Wild-Ass Guess). > > > > With a normal desktop, when you insert a CD/DVD that has something > > recognizable on it, an "automo

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread MHR
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > MHR wrote: >> I have been having some strange results trying to burn CDs under >> CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related because I have had >> some success, in fact most of this usually works. >> > > I use k3b with little proble

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
MHR wrote: > I have been having some strange results trying to burn CDs under > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related because I have had > some success, in fact most of this usually works. > I use k3b with little problem. I do have to tell it to use TAO and to go at 8x. If I let it

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread MHR
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 10:37 AM, William L. Maltby wrote: > > As to the "in use" part, I'll make a SWAG (Scientific Wild-Ass Guess). > > With a normal desktop, when you insert a CD/DVD that has something > recognizable on it, an "automount" occurs that gives you access to the > thing from your de

Re: [CentOS] CD burning issues & questions

2008-12-31 Thread William L. Maltby
On Wed, 2008-12-31 at 10:27 -0800, MHR wrote: > I have been having some strange results trying to burn CDs under > CentOS. I don't think they are hardware related because I have had > some success, in fact most of this usually works. > > I use k3b for most of my CD and DVD writing - it seems to