On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, John O'Brien wrote:

> First, I finally got my SuSE 8.1 up and running.  (Sort of)  It will
> only run so far in text mode. "They say" I have to get rid of my serial
> mouse to get the graphics part working.

You mean X will not start?  Does the mouse prevent it from starting?  Or 
does the cursor not move in X?  I can run X without a mouse.  This is 
interesting.

> Anyhow, I keep getting these wonderfully informative ads telling me I
> can write DVD disks on my CD-RW drive.  Can I?  If so, is there a linux
> version available that works?

cdrecord and its graphical front end, xcdroast, can write to dvd's if you 
have a dvd recorder.  Recording data is no problem.  Creating a multimedia 
experience is for the adventurous.

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