weigh in if you have or have had the iso dvd burn no verify problem

[Bill Davidsen]

Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 02:10:06PM -0800, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> Fred Silsbee wrote:
>>> --- On Wed, 11/26/08, Rick Stevens <ricks at nerd.com> wrote:
>>>
>> [snip]
>>>>> You should state how you are burning. The program
>>>> name. Disc type, (DL or not) and ISO type (Fedora 10 image?
>>>> or your own?)
>>>>> If you're talking about Brasero, yes, I have this
>>>> issue all the time. In fact I've also seen it with
>>>> nautilus. Sometimes the DVD will get ejected  after burning
>>>> and sometimes it will be ejected, then the door will close
>>>> automatically and immediately. Even for the exact same ISO
>>>> file. There is no logic to it.
>>>>
>>>> I think this is a race condition between the automounter
>>>> and the burning
>>>> software:  the burner resets the drive (thereby doing the
>>>> eject), then
>>>> it reloads the drive but Gnome or whatever is grabbing it
>>>> before the
>>>> burner code can.  Perhaps disabling the automount would fix
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> Just an idea to try.
>>> How does one  "disabling the automount"
>> If you're using Gnome, open the "System" menu, then go to
>> "Preferences-->Personal-->File Management" and open the "Media" tab.
>> You can select actions for the various kind of removable media.  Either
>> set each to "Do Nothing" or select the "Never prompt or start programs  
>> on media insertion" option near the bottom.
>>
>> In KDE, I don't know, but I'm sure there's something similar.
> 
> I just burnt the DVD ISO today (one i386, one x86_64) and my automount
> is on (like the default).  It didn't cause any problem here, so you
> may have a particular hardware issue that might produce a useful bug
> entry.
> 
> 
I think it may be hal at work, I just tried it on a system with no graphical 
login, booted and no login at all. Putting a DVD in the drive and closing it 
resulted in a boatload of blinking lights, and a text login resulted in seeing 
the media mounted.

Bad hal, bad!

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