Arun Khan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Robert<kerplop at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I just bought an HP DVD Writer 1040r (as identified by k3b), an external >> USB-connected CD/DVD burner. The drive gets assigned /dev/scd0. I can >> burn CDs and DVDs, read from CDs and DVDs, boot from DVDs (and, I >> assume, CDs) but have been unable to use the lightscribe software to >> label a disk. I have lightscribe-1.18.11.1-0 and >> lightscribeApplications-1.18.6.1-0 installed, can run the GUI at >> /opt/lightscribe/Applications/SimpleLabeler/SimpleLabeler which promptly >> and stubbornly tells me "--<no lightscribe drives found>--". >> This IS a lightscribe drive, according to the specs, the box and the >> logo on the tray. >> > I do not have any lightscribe capable DVD writer. > > I am presuming you have lightscribe capable media in the drive as > well. If so, it might be worthwhile to contact the software vendor. > IIRC, LaCie had published rpm package for lightscribe but I suspect it > worked with their own branded hardware. > > -- Arun Khan > Yes, I have tried DVD media that is peddled as being lightscribe capable and just minutes ago, opened a 20-pack of CD+R that are supposedly also lightscribe capable. I have tried both the LaCie 4L s/w and lightscribeApplications-1.18.6.1-0 and get nowhere with either of them. I do have the driver, lightscribe-1.18.11.1-0 installed. After leaving the original question, I plugged the drive into a WinXP-only laptop, Installed the bundled s/w and the same DVD was recognized -- but only after quite a while. So, I'm about to conclude that the media is flaky, the Linux s/w is impatient at best, broken at worst. Whatever... I didn't throw away my CD marker. Thanks for the reply