Thanks for replying... It's a IDE drive: 1) wodim --devices 0 dev='/dev/scd0' rwrw-- : 'TSSTcorp' 'CD/DVDW SH-S182D' 2) dmesg | grep sr0 sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray And i did try to disable hal...nothing changes...