Can't burn anything w/HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N burner

[Vik]

Can't burn anything w/HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH41N burner. Mint is not compatible with this burner. It came with my gateway computer. Let me know if you need any log files.

[Vik (bclarky12)]

I attached a brasero log, I know the speed is high, but pretty much the same error at all speeds. All other burning programs have errors as well with this drive

[Vik (bclarky12)]

here's what happens when i try to burn from terminal
vik-desktop vik # cd /home/vik/Desktop
vik-desktop Desktop # cdrecord -scanbus
scsibus1:
 1,0,0 100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GH41N ' 'MN01' Removable CD-ROM
 1,1,0 101) *
 1,2,0 102) *
 1,3,0 103) *
 1,4,0 104) *
 1,5,0 105) *
 1,6,0 106) *
 1,7,0 107) *
scsibus11:
 11,0,0 1100) 'ASUS ' 'SDRW-08D1S-U ' 'A202' Removable CD-ROM
 11,1,0 1101) *
 11,2,0 1102) *
 11,3,0 1103) *
 11,4,0 1104) *
 11,5,0 1105) *
 11,6,0 1106) *
 11,7,0 1107) *
vik-desktop Desktop # cdrecord -v dev=1,0,0 speed=0 cdrom_image.iso
wodim: No write mode specified.
wodim: Asuming -tao mode.
wodim: Future versions of wodim may have different drive dependent defaults.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '1,0,0'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
WARNING: the deprecated pseudo SCSI syntax found as device specification.
Support for that may cease in the future versions of wodim. For now,
the device will be mapped to a block device file where possible.
Run "wodim --devices" for details.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.9
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identification : 'DVDRAM GH41N '
Revision : 'MN01'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
Current: 0x0009 (CD-R)
Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM)
Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording)
Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording)
Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite)
Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW)
Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R)
Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL)
Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM)
Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current)
Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW)
Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM)
Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk)
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1053696 = 1029 KB
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
Drive DMA Speed: 16007 kB/s 90x CD 11x DVD
FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB
Track 01: data 0 MB
Total size: 0 MB (00:04.02) = 302 sectors
Lout start: 1 MB (00:06/02) = 302 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 5
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3)
  ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 3
Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation
Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 359544
Speed set to 7057 KB/s
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 40.0 in real TAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
Performing OPC...
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 MB written.
Track 01: writing 600 KB of pad data.
Track 01: Total bytes read/writte...

[Clement Lefebvre (clementlefebvre)]

Marking as upstream.

Apparently there's something wrong with the firmware for this drive. Other users reported it didn't work at all, or it was really slow.

I'll mark it as a duplicate of #501131 as well.

For more info, also check this forum thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9094636