[Dvdrtools-users] Problem writing DVD-R (but only under Linux)

[Neil Bird]

  OK, I've been merrily burning CDs for a while now on a CD-RW drive, 
and just got a cheap DVD+/-R drive.  If I try to burn a DVD-R (real or 
dummy mode), it doesn't even start burning (error below).  I've also 
tried cdrecord.dvdpro under xcdroast with the same error [and I've 
updated the drive to its latest firmware].

  The very same DVD-R (same disc & .iso) I was trying to burn under 
Linux successfully burnt under XP with the copy of Nero 6 that came with 
the drive, so it's not the drive - but I don't /really/ want to have to 
keep rebooting in to 'Doze for DVD burns.

  Standard cdrecord seems happy with a CD-R dummy-mode burn in the drive.

  Any thoughts?  The actual error seems to be:

Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0

  This is exactly the same from when I first installed the drive before 
trying an updated firmware version.

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# dvdrecord dev= "0,0,0" fs=4096k driveropts=noburnfree -v -useinfo 
speed=1 -dao -eject -pad -data "/usr/media/pictures/dvdtest-01.iso"
pregap1: -1
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Based on:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg 
Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
Using libscg version 'bero-0.5a'
dvdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (bero-0.5a 
'@(#)scsitransp.c     1.81 01/04/20 Copyright 1988,1995,2000 J. Sc
hilling').
dvdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version 
(schily-RH-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.69-RH-O_EXCL '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c  1
.69 02/01/18 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling').
Driveropts: 'noburnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'DVDRW   '
Identifikation : 'IDE1008         '
Revision       : '0758'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd).
Driver flags   : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1409024 = 1376 KB
FIFO size      : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data  3472 MB         padsize:  30 KB
Total size:     3988 MB (395:07.08) = 1778031 sectors
Lout start:     3988 MB (395:09/06) = 1778031 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
  ATIP start of lead in:  -150 (00:00/00)
Disk type:    unknown dye (reserved id code)
Manuf. index: -1
Manufacturer: unknown (not in table)
Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 520465
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write 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.
trackno=0
BURN-Free is ON.
dvdrecord: Turning BURN-Free off
Performing OPC...
Sending CUE sheet...
dvdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01:   0 of 3472 MB written.dvdrecord: Input/output error. 
write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x2C Qual 0x00 (command sequence error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 0.002s timeout 200s

write track data: error after 0 bytes
Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Writing  time:   29.367s
Fixating...
Fixating time:    0.072s
dvdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 1 gets.
dvdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.