I have a very similar problem. I'm running jaunty with growisofs 7.1. sudo dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr1 gave....
INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRAM GSA-H10A ][JL05] GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION: Mounted Media: 15h, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential Media ID: CMC MAG. AD8 Current Write Speed: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s Write Speed #0: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE: Write Performance: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s...@[0 -> 4171711] Speed Descriptor#0: 02/4171711 r...@3.3x1385=4568kb/s w...@2.0x1385=2770kb/s READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]: Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0] Legacy lead-out at: 2092896*2KB=4286251008 READ DISC INFORMATION: Disc status: blank Number of Sessions: 1 State of Last Session: empty "Next" Track: 1 Number of Tracks: 1 READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]: Track State: invisible incremental Track Start Address: 0*2KB Next Writable Address: 0*2KB Free Blocks: 4171712*2KB Track Size: 4171712*2KB READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0 I can burn CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL. But when I try DVD-R DL I get e...@mitchell:~$ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr1=/home/erny/tmp/xyz.iso Executing 'builtin_dd if=/home/erny/tmp/xyz.iso of=/dev/sr1 obs=32k seek=0' :-[ READ DVD STRUCTURE #10h failed with SK=8h/ASC=ABh/ACQ=80h]: Input/output error The drive can burn DVD-R DL when I use Nero on Windows Pro 2000. I hope this helps. It looks like many others are having similar problems. - Erny -- Dual layer burning failed https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/439281 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs