[ILUG] Cd burning problems

[Greg Farrell]

Hi,
   I got a new 24x cd burner, a memorex twentyFourMax 1040. But i've been 
having trouble using it from X. If i boot into a command line login (init 
level 3) instead of my normal init 5 (X), then i can write at full speed 
without any problems using cdrecord from the commandline.
   However if I try and use cdrecord from a terminal window in X, or use one 
of the many frontends for it, or cdrdao, then it writes at a data rate that 
seems to be exactly 1 speed. Any idea what could be the problem? This is as 
root.
    I'm using xfree-4 and gnome. Any suggestions on what could be wrong?
              Greg