Can't burn a cd.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-24 11:34

I don't know when this started. It may or may not be since the 7.5 upgrade. It's hard to tell because I don't use it much so here's what I got.

My laptop has a cd burner/dvd reader, when there is a disc present I can read it if it is a data disc and play it if it is a movie. No problem. The issue arises when I tried to burn an iso(sidux). Both Brasero and xfburn will start up and see a disc in the drive, ask to blank it and when I say yes will try to do so. Both apps then fail complaining the drive is unavailable/busy. It looks like it's being mount somewhere else and I don't know where.

Has anyone else seen this? Like I said, I don't know when it started because I rarely use it. I still have 7.2 on my desktop and don't have the issue there.

Jerry · posted: 2008-09-24 12:20

On my Dell 700m fully upgraded, Brasero just hangs after I drag in a file, even a small one, and says"some tasks not completed yet" when I try to burn--eventually have to kill it.

I saw this some time ago, I seem to remember, but like you I don't use it much so haven't paid it any attention.

OU812 · posted: 2008-09-24 12:23

I had a similar issue awhile ago in 7.5 with burning to dvds. Maybe a couple of weeks ago the problem was fixed with an update. So far, I haven't had any issues (and I did another update as recently as this past weekend). But then again, I'm using gnomebaker. (But I haven't tried iso's recently, just burning data dvds.)

john

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-24 13:05

I just installed Gnomebaker and it failed as well. I will have to see what's grabbing the disc.

anticapitalista · posted: 2008-09-24 15:16

Can you burn data files to cd/dvd?
I guess you are using sid repos and you are fully updated. I'm using brasero version Brasero 0.8.0-3

I just managed to burn a sidux.iso using brasero.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-24 16:11

Yes, sid and fully updated via smxi. I have tried Brasero, Xfburn and Gnomebaker to burn data, music and iso's and all have failed. They claim the disc is busy. I just can't figure out why it's busy or what's using the disc.

It's strange because I can read cd/dvd's, play music and watch a movie without a problem. It just won't let me burn.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-24 16:25

Update:

Via the terminal I unmounted the cd drive(umount /media/cdrom). Then using Brasero I successfully burned a sidux iso. I still have to figure out why the disc is being mounted in the first place, maybe something with the fstab?

anticapitalista · posted: 2008-09-24 19:15

Maybe if you use the mount hardware option in the control centre and then do not unmount them all including the cdrom/dvd folder, this causes the problem.

Just guessing.

Edit: I just noticed, via htop, that brasero is still running, even though I shut it down. maybe this is the source of the problem.
Check to see if it is still running and if it is killall -9 brasero will stop the daemon.

eriefisher · posted: 2008-09-24 19:42

I don't think that's the problem as I never use the mount app. I let pcmanfm handle everything. When I insert a disc it will show up in the left pane. If I manually unmount it just the drive is listed and not the disc. When I remove the disc it is no longer in the left pane.