On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 03:18:57PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> linux@gabriel-striewe.de wrote:
> 
> > /etc/init.d/hald status
> > * status: stopped
> >
> > using cdrecord on a DVD+RW works fine, but I have this error when I
> > try to burn a DVD-R: 
> 
> OK, could you send the outout from cdrecord -v -minfo
> with this medium?
> 
> J?rg
> 

$> cdrecord -v -minfo
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.34
SCSI buffer size: 32768
No target specified, trying to find one...
Using dev=0,1,0.
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong page 3 for Ricoh Vendor Page page (30).
cdrecord: Warning: Cannot read drive buffer.
cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped.
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.00 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
atapi: 1
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identifikation : 'DVD RW DW-Q58A  '
Revision       : 'UFS2'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+R/DL 
Profile: DVD+R (current)
Profile: DVD+RW 
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite 
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording 
Profile: DVD-ROM 
Profile: CD-RW 
Profile: CD-R 
Profile: CD-ROM 
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+R driver (mmc_dvdplusr).
Driver flags   : NO-CD DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE 
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
Drive buf size : 1602048 = 1564 KB
Current Secsize: 2048
book type:       DVD+R, Version (10.1)
disc size:       120mm (0)
maximum rate:    Not specified (15)
number of layers:1
track path:      Parallel Track Path (0)
layer type:      Rewritable Area (2)
linear density:  0.267 µm/bit (0)
track density:   0.74 µm/track (0)
phys start:      196608 (0x30000) 
phys end:        2491711
end layer 0:     0
bca:             0
phys size:...    2295104
Manufacturer:    'RITEK'
Media type:      'F16'
Category/Version	A1
Disk size		0F
Disk structure		02
Recoding density	00
Manufacturer:		'RITEK'
Media type:		'F16'
Product revision	1
ADIP numbytes		56
Reference speed		35
Max speed		84
rzone size:         40
rzone number:       1
border number:      1
ljrs:               0
track mode:         7 copy: 0
damage:             0
reserved track:     0 blank: 1 incremental: 0 fp: 0
data mode:          1
lra valid:          0
nwa valid:          1
rzone start:        0
next wr addr:       0
free blocks:        2295104
blocking factor:    16
rzone size:         2295104
last recorded addr: 0
read compat lba:    265696

    Capacity  Blklen/Sparesz.  Format-type  Type
     2295104             2048         0x00  Unformated or Blank Media
Mounted media class:      DVD
Mounted media type:       DVD+R
Disk Is not erasable
data type:                standard
disk status:              empty
session status:           empty
BG format status:         none
first track:              1
number of sessions:       1
first track in last sess: 1
last track in last sess:  1
Disk Is unrestricted
Disk type: DVD, HD-DVD or BD

Track  Sess Type   Start Addr End Addr   Size
==============================================
    1     1 Blank  0          2295103    2295104         -1

Next writable address:              0
Remaining writable size:            2295104

Thanks for your help,

Gabriel