Description of problem: Cannot write to dvd/cd - ALL writing apps begin to write then almost immediately end the writing with no disk activity. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): K3b Version: 0.12.14 KDE Version: 3.5.2-0.2.fc5 Red Hat QT Version: 3.3.5 Kernel: 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Actual results: cd/DVD disk unwritten to but ruined by something Rewriteable disks cannot be erased or formatted Expected results: Should write to cd/dvd effortlessly Additional info: I have tried all my cd/DVD writing tools and they all seem to have the same result from the problem. K3B may only be the symptom and not the cause. Hope this helps.
Created attachment 130069 [details] k3b debugging output
Created attachment 130086 [details] k3b debug report
Created attachment 130087 [details] k3b bug report
I lost some text when I added the second attachment. It looks like a bug in bugzilla. I will try again. My outside searches suggest that this bug has something to do with the automount feature. I may be mistaken. I added "/dev/cdrom /media/cdrecorder auto noauto,owner,rw 0 0" to the fstab and it generated attachment #2 [details]. I added "/dev/hdc /media/cdrecorder auto noauto,owner,rw 0 0" to the fstab and it generated attachment #3 [details]. #2 and #3 appear different. Hope this helps.
Reassigning to Fedora Core/k3b.
First attachment: Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Second attachment: Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0 Third attachement: disk may be mounted or used by another applicationI added Adding s.th. to fstab has no effect on CD burning. I can burn fine with my 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRRW GWA-4161B' '1.15'
Good Day . . . Thank You for the reply. While checking your bugzilla returned no hits on this problem, checking the redhat forum yielded about 20 - 30 hits on the search item - "k3b exclusively" The problem seems to be universal with no real suggestions for a bug solution. For your attention. Hope this helps.
Well, cdrecord cannot tell, which application is blocking the device.
Good Day . . . Fiddling around with different types of cd/dvds and umount and mount leads me to believe that possibly the automount feature may have a bearing on the bug. Here are some more facts: - I can insert a cd-rw and umount it prior to k3b and I can erase the disk. - I cannot write to the disk after because k3b auto ejects the disk after the erase and subsequently the cd-rw is remounted. - I cannot umount a blank disk because the menu from secondary clicking on the icon does not include an unmount option. If it is mounted then nothing shows this from my limited technical knowledge. I searched unsuccessfully for instructions about how to disable automount on the cd/dvd. Maybe RedHat can point me in the right direction and I can help debug this issue? Hope this helps.
KDE or Gnome?
Good Day . . . KDE
do as root: # rpm -e autorun and as a user (also in KDE): $ gnome-volume-properties
Good Day . . . Thank You for the reply. All bad news. - I erased autorun and started gnome-volume-properties as user - Received error message about invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 - Searched - common problem across distros - Something to do with system access (input/output error ?) - tried k3b - same symptoms - erased autofs since this has something to do with automount - tried k3b - same symptons - installed autorun & autofs - tried k3b - something different same non writing but no closing error messages message in info box says "input/output error" k3b advises "Success" on closing write process - started gnome-volume-properties no error message - gui appears - removed all removeable media from automount - tried k3b same non-writing same "Success" message on closing write process - tried nautilus same non-writing same "Success" message on closing write process I need the dvd so I will keep looking for a solution. Hope your keep helping. So far, I have lost 17 dvds - k3b will not allow simulate on dvds. Hope this helps.
Try to use growisofs from dvd+rw-tools. k3b _should_ automatically use growisofs, if it is installed. growisofs normally burns DVD just fine, besides of some Plextor drives. I will also release a new cdrecord version, which hopefully fixes some bugs.
Thank You for the reply. Your suggestion generated essentially the same error. I used "growisofs -Z /dev/hdc -R -J /home/. . ." The following errors appeared: :-[ WRITE@LBA=120h failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error builtin_dd: 288*2KB out @ average 0.0x1385KBps :-( write failed: Input/Output error Hope this helps. ps: I am now up to 22 dvd coasters. May I suggest that simulation for a dvd be included at the earliest opportunity. :-)
here is a new cdrecord you can try.. you may try "-dummy", which works, if your drive supports it. http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-May/msg00368.html
Good Day . . . Thank You for the reply. I regret to inform you that after the update was installed k3b still exhibited the same symptoms - no writing followed by a successful message. My last successful DVD write was a backup data disk on 6 April 2006. I have tried to reverse all the personal changes that I have made to KDE and GDMSetup but the bug is still present. I can still watch movies and copy files from the DVD. Strange problem. I'll put one of my earlier distros on a removeable hard drive and see if the problem is present. Hope this helps.
Good Day . . . Good news and bad news. I never discounted that the drive has become worn out so I took out a Sony dru-810a from my other machine and replaced the lg. The Sony drive works! I successfully made a file backup on DVD. To be sure about the worn out aspect I installed the lg into the Sony slot on my other Suse 10.0 machine. Bad news is that it works! I used my last DVD and it came out good. I realise that you know far more about this subject than I do but I did locate two online messages on this subject. The first contains an awful lot of technical information and appears to be a complete duplicate of my bug. Unfortunately no solution is found. http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/03/msg00169.html http://k3b.plainblack.com/message-board/problem-with-dma Hope this helps.
Please test: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-June/msg00051.html
Good Day . . . Thank You for the information. The link the above link directed me to was for a file titled "cdrtools." The next link to i386/ did not contain a file entitled "cdrtools" but it did contain a file titled "cdrecord" with the same version and revision numbers as cdrtools. Are we missing a file or is the name wrong? Hope this helps.
Well... it's there... http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/5/i386/cdrecord-2.01.01.0.a10-0.FC5.1.i386.rpm
Good Day . . . Thanks for the reply. Sorry for the delay but I have been away. The point that I was making was that the link's file's title was 'cdrtools' but the revision number belonged to 'cdrecord.' I downloaded that file. It appears to work. When I exchanged the drives. The old drive did not work at all on this machine. The new drive was recording backups to CD but would not close the CD making it unreadable. A DVD backup worked well. The new download seems to have solved the CD recording issue. Unfortunately it was my last CD disc. I have about 25 DVD and CD coasters. I live in the country so getting a new supply will have to wait for the 23rd of June and a special at one of the electronics stores. Thank You for the help. I really appreciate it. If I can do anything to assist let me know.
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