Description of problem: Trying to backup laptop to DVD, the file was created under windows and written to Linux over samba, initially it was one huge file >6GB which k3b refused as it declined files over 4GB, so I split it into multiple files each 1GB, then k3b was happy to allow me to build a data DVD project. Inserted a blank DVD+R dual layer disk, under diskinfo k3b recognised it as such, went to burn, had errors something like unable to set speed from 2770(?) to 3554(?), I tried a few combinations of AUTO/DAO/speed=ignore/speed=auto/speed=1 but no joy. The closest I got was to disable "on the fly", it then created the image file and was about to burn it, but got an error related to Dual Layer, debug log attached. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Name : k3b Arch : x86_64 Version: 0.12.10 Release: 2 How reproducible: Twice so far Steps to Reproduce: 1. burn DVD+RDL without on the fly Actual results: write fails, fortunately it leaves the disk untouched, so doesn't make expensive coasters :-) Expected results: Able to burn dual layer (either with or without on the fly) Additional info: Drive is a Samsung TS-H552B (using latest firmware I am aware of TS11 from November 2005) as the only device on PATA controller, media is Infiniti branded DVD+RDL. Using FC5T2 I have burnt several DVD-RW, CD-RW and CD-R successfuly on this drive and on a LITE-ON LDW-411S, can't try this with the other drive as it isn't DL (and I'm not going to touch the hacked firmware that claims to "upgrade" the drive)
Created attachment 123932 [details] debug log from k3b
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/tmp/kde-root/k3b_image.img of=/dev/hda obs=32k seek=0' /dev/hda: splitting layers at 1843520 blocks :-( unable to SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION: Input/output error Just to make sure, this isn't a permission problem, could you please try this as "root"? :)
Sorry I should have mentioned initially, this was as root
hmm, nothing I can do here, other than to assign this to the kernel, as growisofs seems to get a -EIO from the ioctl.
Added harald back to cc: just as a FYI, please feel free to remove yourself again. OK, since this has now been thown over to kernel I've tested it again with 2.6.15-1.1895_FC5 In the process of testing I found that the first error I got "Failed to change write speed: 2770->3324" doesn't happen if I set speed=ignore, it happens if k3b tries to set -speed=2.4 Anyway, the second error seems like it might be related to my burner, not kernel I put in a blank DVD+RDL media, dmesg at this stage only shows "cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!" which is ok, k3b sees the blank media properly so I start to burn it, the drive makes some slightly unhealthy sounding seek noises, followed by some even worse sounding noises, at this stage k3b gives the "unable to SEND DVD+R DOUBLE LAYER RECORDING INFORMATION: Input/output error" message and from dmesg I see "hda: irq timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } ide: failed opcode was: unknown hda: ATAPI reset complete" at this point the drive spins up to maximum revs, I can feel the wind coming from it, it doesn't slow down by itself, I have to eject the media, afterwards the drive *will* recognise another CD inserted, so the reset seems to have worked.The EIO doesn't look like a kernel problem, just the kernel reporting the bad news from the drive to k3b :-( I've tried another blank DVD+RDL media in case the first one is faulty. This sounds more likely to be a drive firmware issue than a kernel problem to me, I am using the latest firmware for the drive, I suppose I could try an older firmware, I have never attempted to burn a dual layer with this drive (linux or windows) before, but it has been OK on single layer. Is it likely to be a dead end for this bug? change it to NOTABUG?
Err, did you "NEEDINFO" this one when you assigned it Dave? If so what info? I'm included to think its a hardware issue /me ponders buying 3rd DVD+-R/RW drive :-(
I had this bug on my DVD writer. After upgrading the drive firmware, the same drive was able to burn the same +R9 disc correctly. Most likely hardware (firmware) issue, the drive might refuse to write DVD+-R9 if it doesn't recognize the media as dual layer, drive manufacturers usually do a good job releasing new firmwares that recognize the newer media. I used the latest cdrecord-2.01.01.0.a10-0.FC5.1 (from FC5/updates/testing)to successfully write the disc, I didn't try k3b or growisofs.
A new kernel update has been released (Version: 2.6.18-1.2200.fc5) based upon a new upstream kernel release. Please retest against this new kernel, as a large number of patches go into each upstream release, possibly including changes that may address this problem. This bug has been placed in NEEDINFO state. Due to the large volume of inactive bugs in bugzilla, if this bug is still in this state in two weeks time, it will be closed. Should this bug still be relevant after this period, the reporter can reopen the bug at any time. Any other users on the Cc: list of this bug can request that the bug be reopened by adding a comment to the bug. In the last few updates, some users upgrading from FC4->FC5 have reported that installing a kernel update has left their systems unbootable. If you have been affected by this problem please check you only have one version of device-mapper & lvm2 installed. See bug 207474 for further details. If this bug is a problem preventing you from installing the release this version is filed against, please see bug 169613. If this bug has been fixed, but you are now experiencing a different problem, please file a separate bug for the new problem. Thank you.
(this is a mass-close to kernel bugs in NEEDINFO state) As indicated previously there has been no update on the progress of this bug therefore I am closing it as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Please re-open if the issue still occurs for you and I will try to assist in its resolution. Thank you for taking the time to report the initial bug. If you believe that this bug was closed in error, please feel free to reopen this bug.