nautilus cd write failure with -current

[Sean McNeil]

Pav,

On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 13:29, Pav Lucistnik wrote:
> V pá, 27. 08. 2004 v 22:20, Joe Marcus Clarke píše:
> 
> > > > > I just tried something that worked not too long ago - writing a cd.  Now
> > > > > I get the following error:
> > > > > 
> > > > > :-( write failed: Invalid argument
> > > > > :-[ WRITE at LBA=0h failed with SK=5h/ASC=21h/ACQ=02h]: Invalid argument
> > > > > /dev/pass0: "Current Write Speed" is 1.0x1385KBps.
> > > > 
> > > > Hmmm, I'll have to take a look.  However, if this used to work, perhaps
> > > > something in -CURRENT broke it.  What other changes have been made
> > > > recently?  Can you burn a CD using cdrecord directly?
> > > 
> > > Actually, I just tried a few things:
> > > 
> > > cdrecord directly and I can blank=fast
> > > after that, I can write to the CD.
> > > If I try to write to the CD with "Erase CD" checked then I get the
> > > error.  So it is erasing that is not functioning properly for me.
> > 
> > I just realized I don't have a CD-RW.  Anyone else want to take a look
> > at this for Sean?
> 
> Uhm, the output above is obviously from growisofs, a "DVD only" tool.
> Are we really writing CD-RW?!

You are absolutely correct.  I wasn't even thinking of that.  It is a
dvd burner with a dvd-rw disk.  Still, all works fine with an erased
disk but fails if I select the erase option.  This capability used to
work just fine.

Sorry for the confusion,
Sean