Re: [Hampshire] DVD burning software

Rob Malpass wrote:
> Hi all
>
> OK - my quest to burn a DVD iso continues but sadly continues to fail.
>
> I have this morning installed a DVD writer into my Ubuntu box. It seems to
> be working fine in as much as I can read and play DVDs no problem.
> However, I'm still trying to burn this darned Fedora
> iso. So I downloaded gnomebaker and clicked Tools- Burn DVD image,
> selected the iso (correct checksum) and literally 3 seconds later, it said
> it had finished.
>
> I've tried other images and it either takes 2m30s and tells me it's done
> (but it isn't) or it says finished after 3 seconds.
>
> Quite what the next step is I don't know - any advice very welcome.
>
> Incidentally, thanks to all who offered me a Fedora 8 DVD (and I will take
> one of you up on it) but I'd like to sort out this "burning issue" (sorry -
> awful pun) if I can.

The main problem I have frequently had with burning dvds has been with
permissions - mostly with the device file such as /dev/scd0 the
permissions with the CD burning have been no problem, but for some
reason the dvd write permissions have been troublesome.

This has been until I think (k)ubuntu 7.04 when I think it sorted out
automatically, I am not sure because I would quickly suspect the dev
permissions. fwiw I use k3b for burning.
--
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391