CD/DVD writer

[Chris Carlson]

I'm using Fedora 9 on a "AMD Athlon(tm) X2 Dual Core Processor 
BE-2350".  The system (an eMachines computer) came with a CD/DVD 
read/write drive (Optiarc  Model: DVD RW AD-7200A  Rev: 1.W1).  When I 
load a blank DVD-R in the drive, an icon appears that tells me I've got 
a blank DVD in the drive.  I double-click the icon, and CD/DVD Creator 
pops up.  I drag/drop files into the window and then tell it to "Write 
to Disc".  It thinks for a while, then pops up a little window with the 
very clear and informative message, "Error!"  I can find no information 
on what the error is or what I can do about it.

Thinking that the brand of CD/DVD writer was the problem, I installed an 
older drive that I had from a previous computer (TSSTcorp Model: CD/DVDW 
TS-H552B Rev: TS02).  I get precisely that same results.

I have also tried installing a blank CD-R.  This works somewhat similar 
but doesn't even provide me an "Error!" popup.  I see something pop up 
quickly and immediately disappear, but nothing seems to be written.  
I've tried this with both drives as well with identical results.

After discovering my sound didn't work because of a security setting, 
I'm wondering if there is some security setting for writing CDs/DVDs.  
I've modified all my /dev files related to the two drives to rw-rw-rw-, 
but that doesn't seem to help.

I put a DVD-RAM disk in the Optiarc drive, and I was able to copy a gob 
of data to it.  It's unreadable by Windows, but it proves to me that the 
drive writes.

Both drives can read CDs and DVDs without a problem.

Below is the info determined by the kernel for the two drives (sr0 is 
the TSSTcorp drive and sr1 is the Optiarc drive).

cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom//info
CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17

drive name:             sr1     sr0
drive speed:            48      48
drive # of slots:       1       1
Can close tray:         1       1
Can open tray:          1       1
Can lock tray:          1       1
Can change speed:       1       1
Can select disk:        0       0
Can read multisession:  1       1
Can read MCN:           1       1
Reports media changed:  1       1
Can play audio:         1       1
Can write CD-R:         1       1
Can write CD-RW:        1       1
Can read DVD:           1       1
Can write DVD-R:        1       1
Can write DVD-RAM:      1       0
Can read MRW:           1       1
Can write MRW:          1       1
Can write RAM:          1       1


Are there any settings or other places I should look for a problem?  Is 
this a Fedora bug?  I'll file a bug if I'm not the only one seeing this 
problem.

Chris