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Old 04-15-2007, 12:22 PM   #1
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Question cd burner detection problems


After so much help, my slackware 11 seems to be going ok. I have a dvd drive and a dvd burner. The dvd drive is working, but the computer doesn't seem to want to find the dvd burner. The model of burner is Nec nd2500 dvd-r/+r. Did a search of there website and they don't have any drivers to help me. There answer is always - well, the operative system (windows) will find it. As you guessed, we are not using windows. Is there anyone with any suggestions, please.

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Old 04-15-2007, 01:43 PM   #2
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What do you mean computer doesn't seem to find the burner ? You tried it with k3b ?
You can try with cdrecord to force using that device.
 
Old 04-16-2007, 04:35 AM   #3
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update on cd burner

Thanks for your comments on k3b. I have downloaded the files but am unsure of the next step. Don't forget I am a newbie to linux. Regarding your comment on the computer not finding the burner - I meant that the device isn't listed in the system folder and I don't really know the commands to find unlisted devices. If you are up on the command structure, then I would appreciate any help you can give. Not a problem with your English.

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Old 04-16-2007, 05:58 AM   #4
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updating firmware

I have been checking around a bit and a lot of people say that I updating the firmware could be the solution? I don't want to risk destroying my burner if that route is a bit risky. Any thoughts.
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Old 04-16-2007, 07:44 AM   #5
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No don't update the firmware especially if you are newbie. Try to install and run k3b it is really easy to use cd burning program and it should detect your drive... If you are using gnome you can try graveman
 
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What kernel are you running?
Look at the output of the command dmesg. This will show if the drive is being recognized by the OS and its device ID.
 
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re-k3b

Thanks for the tips. I have installed k3b but cannot seem to start program. I click on the Icon in the media list but nothing happens?!! Have you any suggestions including commands to rectify problem?

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Old 04-16-2007, 08:17 AM   #8
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This was some of the info from dmesg. I do not no if this tells me that it is recognized or not.



ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdcM
A, hddMA
hda: SAMSUNG SV4002H, ATA DISK drive
hdb: IBM-DTTA-351010, ATA DISK drive
hdc: NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28C, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
hdd: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: host protected area => 1
hda: 78242976 sectors (40060 MB) w/1945KiB Cache, CHS=48
70/255/63, UDMA(100)
hdb: attached ide-disk driver.
hdb: host protected area => 1
hdb: 19541088 sectors (10005 MB) w/466KiB Cache, CHS=121
6/255/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdc: ATAPI 32X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
hdd: attached ide-cdrom driver.
hdd: ATAPI 40X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
 
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So the drive is hdd, now what kernel are you running?
If you do not know post the output of the command
uname -r
 
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This is the kernel I found after using uname -r


2.4.33.3
 
Old 04-16-2007, 10:02 AM   #11
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Getting this error code when I try to run k3b K package does not find any problems with the files, so I don't know what to do about that.


k3b: error while loading shared libraries: libsamplerated object file: No such file or directory
 
  


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