Binary package hint: brasero
One of two errors happen when trying to blank a disk:
1) Brasero reports that the blanking was successful and ejects the CD. At reinsertion, user finds that the CD is not blanked.
2) If "Fast blanking" is checked, the error "Unknown error" is displayed
Media is a DVD+RW
Device is unknown (when using wodim*), but I think it's a SATA DVD-RW drive
*$ wodim --devices
wodim: No such file or directory.
Cannot open SCSI driver!
For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
the wodim documentation.
Device list from hwinfo get stuck on the Optical drive
$ hwinfo
> block.5.1: /dev/sr0 cache
But then output the following concerning the Optical drive:
57: SCSI 100.0: 10602 CD-ROM (DVD)
[Created at block.247]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVDR___PX_755A
Unique ID: KD9E.cdTUJqMCKcA
Parent ID: w7Y8.nHY8qP3fq44
SysFS ID: /class/block/sr0
SysFS BusID: 1:0:0:0
SysFS Device Link: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0
Hardware Class: cdrom
Model: "PLEXTOR DVDR PX-755A"
Vendor: "PLEXTOR"
Device: "DVDR PX-755A"
Revision: "1.02"
Driver: "ata_piix", "sr"
Device File: /dev/sr0 (/dev/sg1)
Device Number: block 11:0 (char 21:1)
Features: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+DL
Drive status: no medium
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #17 (IDE interface)
Drive Speed: 40
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/brasero
Package: brasero 2.26.1-0ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: brasero
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic i686
Testing on K3B which unmounts the disk and does not blank it. Instead, it reports success and says that you do not need to blank the disk, you simply can overwrite it. At reinsertion, DVD-RW still has all files on it.
System
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K3b Version: 1.0.5
KDE Version: 3.5.10
QT Version: 3.3.8b
Kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic
Devices
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PLEXTOR DVDR PX-755A 1.02 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite, Layer Jump]