cdrdao fails to write to a CD-RW

[Jan Stępień]

Binary package hint: cdrdao

I'm trying to burn an audio CD on a CD-RW medium as a super user. The process fails as described below.

$ cat cd
CD_DA

TRACK AUDIO
AUDIOFILE "file.wav" 0
# cdrdao write --device /dev/scd0 --speed 1 cd
Cdrdao version 1.2.3 - (C) Andreas Mueller <email address hidden>
/dev/scd0: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N Rev: RE05
Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 2.0 (options 0x0000)

Starting write at speed 10...
Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
Process can be aborted with QUIT signal (usually CTRL-\).
Turning BURN-Proof on
Executing power calibration...
ERROR: Power calibration failed.
ERROR: Use option --force to ignore this error.
ERROR: Writing failed.
# cdrdao write --device /dev/scd0 --speed 1 --force cd

/dev/scd0: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-T50N Rev: RE05
Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 2.0 (options 0x0000)

Starting write at speed 10...
Pausing 10 seconds - hit CTRL-C to abort.
Process can be aborted with QUIT signal (usually CTRL-\).
Turning BURN-Proof on
Executing power calibration...
ERROR: Power calibration failed.
ERROR: Ignored because of option --force.
[valid=0] Info fld=0, Current
SCSI command failed: sense key: 0x05: Illegal Request
Raw sense data: 0x70 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x0a 0x2a 0x00
0x00 0x90 0x30 0x05 0x00 0x00
ERROR: Write data failed.
ERROR: Writing failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: cdrdao 1:1.2.3-0.1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-24.42-generic 2.6.35.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Dec 23 12:53:59 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=pl:pl_PL:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cdrdao