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CD/DVD burner error "writing isn't supported"

ng flag

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

I installed Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS yesterday. When I connected to the internet, Ubuntu showed a message with available updates, so I updated my software.

The problem is that I cannot get any of the following burning applications (mentioned below) to write to a disc.

There are currently no issues with my Ubuntu installation.

I'm learning how to make audio music CD's, so I installed K3b, Brasero, and Xfburn trying to test my DVD writer on Linux, but all three of these applications failed at writing DVD or CD discs. At one point, I received an error message that writing isn't supported.

I used my laptop writer before when I was using Windows to burn some CD's and I made it successfully.

WHAT I'VE TRIED

I tried some solutions shown in some other askubuntu qustions but, there's no result.

I checked my DVD writer with this command:

pascal@pascal-Lenovo-ideapad-330-15AST:~$ cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
CD-ROM information, Id: cdrom.c 3.20 2003/12/17

drive name:        sr0
drive speed:        24
drive # of slots:    1
Can close tray:        1
Can open tray:        1
Can lock tray:        1
Can change speed:    1
Can select disk:    0
Can read multisession:    1
Can read MCN:        1
Reports media changed:    1
Can play audio:        1
Can write CD-R:        1
Can write CD-RW:    1
Can read DVD:        1
Can write DVD-R:    1
Can write DVD-RAM:    1
Can read MRW:        1
Can write MRW:        1
Can write RAM:        1
heynnema avatar
ru flag
Obvious question... are you using CD-R or DVD-R new discs?
pascal111 avatar
ng flag
I used both, CD blank discs, and DVD blank discs, and failed in both to burn anything.
David avatar
cn flag
What make and model of computer and how old is it?
pascal111 avatar
ng flag
It's not old, it's some good, it's "Lenovo ideapad 330" laptop.
Marc Vanhoomissen avatar
in flag
'I tried some solutions' Could you be more precise, so we do not propose things that you already tried.
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it flag

Many device access problems can be resolved through group membership changes.

Specifically, if ls -l shows that the group permissions (the second "rwx" triplet) is "rw" (e.g."-rw-rw----"), then, adding oneself to the group that owns the device will grant rw access.

Here's how:

device="/dev/whatever"
# in your case
device="/dev/cdrom"
sudo adduser $USER $(stat -c "%G" $device)

This allows you membership in the group that can rw the device, but there is one more step.

To make all your processes members of the new group, logout and login. Group memberships are set up at login time.

To create a single process in the new group (for testing, prior to logout/login):

newgrp $(stat -c "%G" $device)  

or, just type the group name. See man newgrp.

pascal111 avatar
ng flag
I did what you mentioned and found that I forgot press the refresh button in Xfburn - for example- to recognize the blank DVD disc, but after that a new error message appeared "Failure: Cannot reserve track of 2162688 bytes", the DVD blank disc was 4 Gb.
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