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raptorman
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Ok, here it is. I have converted my old PC to Ubuntu 7.04 with Beryl and all is sweet except for one little problem!
I have a NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A drive which refuses to recognise or burn to a blank DVD. When I put in a Verbatim DVD+RW disc the drive just click's a couple of times and then nothing?
It will burn to CD-R no problems.
Anyone know what might be wrong? The drive worked fine when the PC was running XP.
I also have a 10.4inch TVS LCD monitor that refuses to display an image when connected to the Ubuntu box. Am I right in thinking that I just need to input the correct V/H refresh rates via the xorg.conf file?
This is the screen
http://www.tvs.com.tw/pdf/LCD/LP-10.pdf
All help/idea's appreciated
I have a NEC DVD+RW ND-1100A drive which refuses to recognise or burn to a blank DVD. When I put in a Verbatim DVD+RW disc the drive just click's a couple of times and then nothing?
It will burn to CD-R no problems.
Anyone know what might be wrong? The drive worked fine when the PC was running XP.
I also have a 10.4inch TVS LCD monitor that refuses to display an image when connected to the Ubuntu box. Am I right in thinking that I just need to input the correct V/H refresh rates via the xorg.conf file?
This is the screen
http://www.tvs.com.tw/pdf/LCD/LP-10.pdf
All help/idea's appreciated
"Gort, klaatu barada nikto"
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves”
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“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves”
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Try installing and using k3b.
apt-get install k3b
Olly## No signature by order of the management ##0 -
Hi
I use Ubuntu 7.04 too.
I don't know which CD/DVD burning application you've been using, but the best one (imho) is K3b.
I suggest that you install it using Synaptic and try again.
:cool:
ps Ollyshaw beat me to it! But wise minds think alike.Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.0 -
I am using K3b. I have also tried Gnomebaker and Graveman
but nothing works!"Gort, klaatu barada nikto"
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves”
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Ah, your RW disc may already be written to by another writer such as Nero, which Linux apps might not recognise.
You might need to format it differently.
Try this:-
Open up K3b
Click on Tools > Format DVD +- RW
(I know that you said the disc is blank, but you might have used it and erased it with Nero)Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.0 -
Ok, done that bat, and K3b said 'success'. I will try burning a file to it
and see what happens.
Got an .avi file burning now but it may take some time(700mb)
I shall report back results
"Gort, klaatu barada nikto"
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves”
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Burn went ok, cheers bat999
Just gotta get the screen working now and
I will be set."Gort, klaatu barada nikto"
“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves”
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K3b rocks
I'm pleased that it worked out.
I had a similar problem when I tried to append files to an 'open' CD-R.
None of the Linux apps would let me do it.
I had to boot into Windows and use Nero, because that's what I had used for the original files.
Then I washed my hands and came back to Linux.;)Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.0
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