On Wednesday 07 September 2005 09:06 pm, R Goodwin wrote:

I bought a dual layer DVD writer that is a USB 2.0 device. I used it to burn some data DVDs using k3b on my Dell Inspiron 5100 (SuSe 9.3 Pro with "latest" updates via YOU). The last time I tried to burn some DVDs - I re-attached the burner but could not get the system to recognize it. There are two USB ports on the system - EHCI & UHCI. I swapped cables and even hubs. If I look at the USB devices using Configure (KDE Control Module), I see it is recognized as a USB 2.0 storage device but as a storage device not a CDROM/DVD burner. It is attached to a USB 2.0 controller. It worked but now it won't (yes it sounds as though it is "broke" - but why is it seen on the bus????). I don't have any systems in the house that I trust have USB 2.0 controllers - but I will try on a Useless-98 box I have (in fact I can try it with Kanotix/INSERT now that I think about it ....)

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to figure what I may be doing wrong? or work to debug things here?? It is a Mad Dog Megastor burner if it matters/helps but is recognized as an Acer USB 2.0 storage device.... really reassuring!

Try looking up "hotplugctl" and seeing what it can do for you. I'm not an expert with that, as Debian used a hotplug deamon. you may try restarting "coldplug" with "rccoldplug restart" but I'm not sure what affect that'll have on your system. Just a thought. -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16!

On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 22:06 -0400, R Goodwin wrote:

I bought a dual layer DVD writer that is a USB 2.0 device. I used it to burn some data DVDs using k3b on my Dell Inspiron 5100 (SuSe 9.3 Pro with "latest" updates via YOU). The last time I tried to burn some DVDs - I re-attached the burner but could not get the system to recognize it. There are two USB ports on the system - EHCI & UHCI. I swapped cables and even hubs. If I look at the USB devices using Configure (KDE Control Module), I see it is recognized as a USB 2.0 storage device but as a storage device not a CDROM/DVD burner. It is attached to a USB 2.0 controller. It worked but now it won't (yes it sounds as though it is "broke" - but why is it seen on the bus????). I don't have any systems in the house that I trust have USB 2.0 controllers - but I will try on a Useless-98 box I have (in fact I can try it with Kanotix/INSERT now that I think about it ....)

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to figure what I may be doing wrong? or work to debug things here?? It is a Mad Dog Megastor burner if it matters/helps but is recognized as an Acer USB 2.0 storage device.... really reassuring!

Rich

OK ... it is important to know what, if anything, solves a problem that is posted to the list. Someone on another list noticed with his USB DVD burner is that it is not recognized properly as a burner if he turns it on and there is already a disc in the tray. So the solution? Make sure there is NO disk in the burner when turning it on! It makes no difference is the disk is a blank... the drive is seen as a storage device & not a burner. If this happens, try taking the disc out, turning it off, and then on again after waiting a few seconds. Rich -- PGP/GPG Fingerprint: 8BF9 990D 8853 5CD8 AB44 8F48 7BC8 5D4B 1B25 7AEC found at pgp.mit.edu =========================================================================================== Inspite of the high cost of living, It is still very popular.