Bluray writing not working
I have a Asus BW-12B1ST burner.
Both Nero for Linux and K3b (version that comes with Slackware 14) fail to write a BD disc. Both write about 100Mb and then stall. Burner keeps spinning and light flashing but no more burning progress made. The burner is hard locked and only turning off power recovers it (not even restarting computer gets it back, has to be a complete power off). When I boot to Windows XP I can burn the same type of BD disk without any issues. Anybody else with similar problem? BTW, I had the same issue in Slackware 13.37 and was hoping that the newer Slack 14 would fix it. Any ideas? Thanks |
Well, Nero for Linux is pretty much abandoned software. K3b does not have proper BR support. Unfortunately, the only safe bet (at least for me) is Windows XP in a virtual machine and a capable burning program e.g. Nero, or whatever app came with your hardware.
It's not a Slackware thing, it's just that blu-ray writing support under Linux currently sucks. |
I've got an LG BluRay drive, and so far haven't had any problems writing *data* disks under K3B - up to the full 25 GB (or just under, anyway).
Its a basic Slack 14 install, though I have rolled my own kernel (currently 3.6.7). |
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Well, I'm not an expert on the BluRay side of things, but the fact that mine works OK indicates to me that its not a fundamental Slack issue. I should have added that my BluRay device is SATA connected, not PATA, though I've no idea if this makes any difference. All I can suggest is to see if you can borrow a different BluRay device to see if that makes any difference, though I appreciate that that is going to be a pain to do!
I assume you've got all the usual CD/DVD tools installed (mkisofs, cdrecord, etc, etc)? -- Pete |
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cdrecord -v driveropts=burnfree -sao image.iso |& tee burn.log |
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It started burning but stopped after 133Mb, then nothing. Only complete computer power off would reset the burner. Code:
cdrecord: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits. The same burning works fine in XP, although it only reached highest speed of 1.8X. But the burn finished ok. |
Not really my field, but that looks like a permissions issue. Have you tried going into the k3b setup and letting it change the permissions of the various drivers and devices? It will usually come up with recommended changes, and I've never had any problems after allowing it to make the changes it suggests.
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When I try to run Tools > Setup system permissions, I get "Unable to start K3b::Setup" error message. Anybody ran into this? As for Blu Ray burning, it's still a no go. I've even tried different BD disks. And I've tried burning with Nero from inside Windows XP running in a VirtualBox, same problem. Burn stalls shortly after it starts. It burns only about 5Mb and then it stalls. But when I boot into XP running on its own, burning with Nero works fine. So the problem is with Slackware. I just can't find what is causing it. |
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http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/os/Linux/dis..._AND_HINTS.TXT Here is the relevant part: Quote:
Since this is recommended by Pat V, it is of course safe to do and will not cause any problems. I have done this and have not had any problems with K3B or xfburn. I do not have a blue ray burner to test this on though. |
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However, I have no problems burning CDs or DVDs, only Bluray is a problem. If it was a permission issue, wouldn't it affect CDs and DVDs too? I'm tempted to try a newer kernel but last time I was running my own compiled kernels was around Slack 9 so I'm a bit rusty when it comes to kernel compiling. |
Just wanted to update this thread and mark it as Solved.
This Blueray writting problem has been bugging me for several months now and prevented me from backing up my data onto BD disks as that was my primary reason for getting the BD drive. Well, I'm happy to report that blueray burning is working now. I had to do two things. Update the firmware in the BD drive. I have Asus BW-12B1ST and unfortunately Asus has no firmware updates for it. Interestingly it was working fine in Windows so that contributed to the mystery. But because the drive is just a re-branded LiteOn iHBS112-2 drive and some good folks came up with how to cross-flash it to LiteOn. I followed the instructions here and it worked perfectly for me (too bad had to use Windows to do it though). http://club.myce.com/f87/how-upgrade...12-2-a-331630/ Second step I took was to upgrade my install of Slackware 14 to the 3.7.10 kernel. I didn't do custom kernel though (even though I was tempted but didn't want to add unknown variables to the equation) I just used the configs and slackbuilds from Current and installed the generic-smp kernel (compiled, did mkinitrd, lilo etc.) And now I'm happily burning BD disks I'm using mainly Nero though as it let's me chose which version of UDF to use and my Panasonic BD player needs disks burned with UDF 2.5 to read them. And Slackware is mounting and reading my burned BD disks too. So all is good. |
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