[NTLUG:Discuss] k3b not recognizing blank DVD

Wed May 27 23:48:05 CDT 2009

You can find out a lot about your hardware with some of the command 
lines. k3b uses cdrecord, growisofs and others to actually burn disks, 
it just makes it easier than using the commands directly.

You should have cdrecord on your PC, so start with:

cdrecord -scanbus

This will show where on the "SCSI" chain your drive is. Don't worry 
about the SCSI part, most burners use the SCSI command set over the IDE 
interface to talk to your drive. What you want is the part that shows 
where your drive is located:

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agoats at deathstar:~# cdrecord -scanbus

Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a23 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 
1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.21.5-smp
cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer.
cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
scsibus2:
2,0,0 200) 'iomega ' 'jaz 1GB ' 'J.86' Removable Disk
2,1,0 201) *
2,2,0 202) 'YAMAHA ' 'CRW4260 ' '1.0q' Removable CD-ROM
2,3,0 203) *
2,4,0 204) *
2,5,0 205) *
2,6,0 206) *
2,7,0 207) *
scsibus1001:
1001,0,0 100100) 'PIONEER ' 'DVR-113NP ' '1.00' Removable CD-ROM
1001,1,0 100101) *
1001,2,0 100102) *
1001,3,0 100103) *
1001,4,0 100104) *
1001,5,0 100105) *
1001,6,0 100106) *
1001,7,0 100107) *
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Which shows my Pioneer DVD at 1001,0,0 which becomes the "dev=1001,0,0" 
in the next command:

Then use the command:

cdrecord -prcap -V dev=1001,0,0

The following is an extensive report on the capabilities of the drive. 
NOTE the drive capabilities section that says what the drive will read 
or write. If it says your drive can write DVD's, then something else is 
wrong. If it says you can't write them, then you have a DVD ROM drive.

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Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a23 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 
1995-2006 J�g Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
Inquiry Data : ...1[...PIONEER DVR-113NP 1.00 2007/11/02PIONEER 
........................................
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'PIONEER '
Identifikation : 'DVR-113NP '
Revision : '1.00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does read DVD-ROM media
Does read DVD-R media
Does write DVD-R media
Does read DVD-RAM media
Does write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing

Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data

Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2

Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is not currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

Maximum read speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Current read speed: 11080 kB/s (CD 62x, DVD 8x)
Maximum write speed: 5540 kB/s (CD 31x, DVD 4x)
Current write speed: 5540 kB/s (CD 31x, DVD 4x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 2048
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 2
Write speed # 0: 5540 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 31x, DVD 4x)
Write speed # 1: 2770 kB/s CLV/PCAV (CD 15x, DVD 2x)

Supported profiles according to MMC-4 feature list:
Current: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW (current)
Profile: DVD-RW sequential overwrite
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-RAM
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Profile: Removable Disk

Supported features according to MMC-4 feature list:
Feature: 'Profile List' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Core' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Morphing' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Removable Medium' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Write Protect'
Feature: 'Random Readable' (current)
Feature: 'Multi Read'
Feature: 'CD Read'
Feature: 'DVD Read' (current)
Feature: 'Random Writable' (current)
Feature: 'Incremental Streaming Writable'
Feature: 'Formattable' (current)
Feature: 'Defect Management'
Feature: 'Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'DVD+RW' (current)
Feature: 'DVD+R'
Feature: 'Rigid Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'CD Track at Once'
Feature: 'CD Mastering'
Feature: 'DVD-R/-RW Write'
Feature: 'Layer Jump Recording'
Feature: 'DVD+R/DL Read'
Feature: 'Power Management' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'S.M.A.R.T.'
Feature: 'CD Audio analog play'
Feature: 'Microcode Upgrade' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Time-out' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'DVD-CSS' (current)
Feature: 'Real Time Streaming' (current)
Feature: 'Logical Unit Serial Number' (current) (persistent) Serial: '0001 '
Feature: 'Disk Control Blocks' (current)
Feature: 'DVD CPRM'
Feature: 0xFF33
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This works whether you can find specs on your drive or not.

My ancient Yamaha CDRW 4x CDR, 2x rewriteable, 6x read CDRW drive whose 
specs may not be available on the web reports as:

Executing 'test unit ready' command on Bus 2 Target 2, Lun 0 timeout 40s
CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00
cmd finished after 0.001s timeout 40s
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'YAMAHA '
Identifikation : 'CRW4260 '
Revision : '1.0q'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC page 2A:

Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does not read DVD-ROM media
Does not read DVD-R media
Does not write DVD-R media
Does not read DVD-RAM media
Does not write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing

Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does not support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does not read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does not support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data

Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2

Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is not currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature

Maximum read speed: 1058 kB/s (CD 6x, DVD 0x)
Current read speed: 1058 kB/s (CD 6x, DVD 0x)
Maximum write speed: 706 kB/s (CD 4x, DVD 0x)
Current write speed: 706 kB/s (CD 4x, DVD 0x)
Buffer size in KB: 2048
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Anything reported by " cdrecord -scanbus " can get some sort of report 
done, like my Jaz disk:

Inquiry Data : ........iomega jaz 1GB 
J.8606/30/97....................................................(c) 
Copyright, Iomega Corporation, 1995.
Device type : Removable Disk
Version : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities : SYNC LINKED
Vendor_info : 'iomega '
Identifikation : 'jaz 1GB '
Revision : 'J.86'
Device seems to be: Generic CCS Disk.

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Good luck with your probing!

Alvin

Allen Meyers wrote:
> All the ISO images I have burned in past have been on CD/RW so I had
> no occasion to use DVD.
> I do now and k3b detects ISO image, but detects no blank DVD in drive.
> The unit actually has an HL-DT-ST RW/DVD
> Please advise what I must do to get recgonition
>
> As always thank you for being there
>
> Allen
>
>
> Allen Meyers
> texas.chef94 at gmail.com
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