Are you using the latest xcdroast? Maybe there's something wrong with the hardware itself since you said you're having problems either in windows or linux.
I'm very very fond of my XCDROAST and LITEON CDR drive because it hasn't failed to write me a disc. Not even one. I believe that as long as there's no physical problem with the machine or writer, Linux, Xcdroast, and any compatible cdr drive should work in harmony. I'm even burning cds while checking my mail, playing some Mp3s on xmnms, browsing the net, copying files, chatting in YM, and with some OpenOffice and PDF files open. Mind you, I only you got PIII 750 and 256MB of RAM. > thanks for posting. i use xcdroast too. strangely enough, i was > able to write to three CD-Rs last night, a few hours after my previous > post. strange, because two weeks ago i destroyed 5 CD-Rs while > trying to write :). > i also *destroyed* a CD-RW. at some point, trying to write to the > same CD-RW just destroyed it (Imation) last night. Before that it would > sometimes write and (mostly) not write. now i can't even erase that > CD in xcdroast or Nero in windows :). > just bought a box of CD-RWs. now i've got a LOT more media that > i can work on destroying :). > > something else was weird. this is a laptop. i did an apm -s and then > woke it up. when it woke up and i started xcdroast it said that something > had changed in the SCSI setup. then it couldn't find the CD-RW drive. > so i rebooted. > > however, just this morning (well, around 3AM) i did the same (apm -s) > and then woke it up when i woke up. and this time it didn't whine > about the SCSI setup and the missing CD-RW drive. ho-hum, might > be time to upgrade to Mandrake 9.1 and increase the complexities > I have to wade through :). > When I take possession of that box of CD-RWs I'll test all of this > again. > > > I'm actually thinking that your laptop's drives were detected like my > > desktop (your CDRW drive was identified as /dev/hd*) since that CD-RW > > drive is built on it unless I'm very much mistaken. > > yeah, the CD-RW is detected OK. it just wouldn't write for a few weeks. > i got it writing last night though, even though I have no idea what changed > (well, i changed some things, writing in RAW96r mode instead of DAO or > TAO, even though both are supported and both work in Windows). even > on media that had clearly visible surface scratches (but were empty). so > i'll test some more. > > today i have other problems. i'm testing gnome and i find that i like it more > than when i tested it last. icewm would be perfect, except i need icons on > the desktop, anyone know how that can be done? in gnome though, > how do i get something like that "Show Desktop" thing on Kde and > windows? and it'd be nice if, on the taskbar, right click on an icon for a > running task would allow me to move the program to another desktop. > as it is, i have to right click on the title bar of the program itself (can't > do it on just the icon on the taskbar) to move it. and how do i make > icons on the desktop activate when i single-click rather than double-click? > > thanks for any input. the gnome stuff isn't really important. i'll figure > it out eventually :). the icewm clickable-icons-on-the-desktop thing is > *much* more interesting since if i had one that worked well i'd switch > to icewm completely and just dump kde and gnome :). > > thanks again. > > tiger > > -- > Gerald Timothy Quimpo gquimpo*hotmail.com tiger*sni*ph > Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" > All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost; > The old that is strong does not wither, > Deep roots are not reached by frost. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
