Installed a new DVD burner and now I can't burn anything

[Nugar]

Hi all,

Recently, I changed the DVD-RW unit on my Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit box. I was using an IDE unit and changed to a SATA drive.

Now, whenever I try to burn anything, with any application, I just get a coaster. I've found some threads and pages confirming this behavior, but I've failed to find a solution.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

I'm using Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala 64-bit and the drive is an LG Supermulti HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50.

Thanks in advance for any guidance here,

[gordintoronto]

Try this: reboot, don't start other programs, run Brasero, change the settings in Brasero to slow down the burning.

How fast is your computer?

[Nugar]

Thanks, gordintoronto, I'll try that, although this box burned with no problems with the IDE drive.

I have an AMD Phenom II Quad core running at 3.2ghz with 4gb ram. So I don't think that's the issue.

Cheers,

[carlosbellino]

Hi, try cheking that you DVD-writer have "pata_atiixp driver" with
command "dmesg | grep scsi[0-7]"
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kaname@kaname-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep scsi[0-7]
[ 1.274677] scsi0 : ahci
[ 1.274727] scsi1 : ahci
[ 1.274757] scsi2 : ahci
[ 1.274785] scsi3 : ahci
[ 1.275092] scsi4 : pata_atiixp
[ 1.275120] scsi5 : pata_atiixp
[ 2.079988] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 2.379864] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
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Sata Channels 4 and 5 have it,
Verify where is your burner:
"dmesg | grep scsi | grep GH22NS50"

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kaname@kaname-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep scsi | grep GH22NS50
[ 2.058836] scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS50 TN02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
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and then at the mobo plug the SATA cable on 4th or 5th sata channel..

[Nugar]

Hi carlos,

Thanks, but what I ultimately did, out of lack of time, was reinstall the IDE drive and it works again

Cheers!