K3B fails to burn DVDs, works ok for CD's

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scharkalvin · Post by **scharkalvin** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:11 pm

I used to be able to create dvd's and burn them.

BTW I think my setup is actually creating a CD file system
of a DVD size instead of a true DVD file system. (Must have
the wrong tools installed).

I can burn a cd iso (to a cd-r disk) but I can't
burn a DVD-R disk. The drive IS a DVD ± R/RW DL drive.

Getting the following debug output:

System
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K3b Version: 0.12.14

KDE Version: 3.5.2
QT Version: 3.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.15-gentoo-r7
Devices
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LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-1635S YS0N (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/cdrom [CD-R; CD-RW;
CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL]
[DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual
Layer Jump; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW;
DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW;
SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite;
Layer Jump]

TOSHIBA DVD-RAM SD-W2002 1029 (/dev/hdd, ) at /mnt/dvdram [CD-ROM;
DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM] [DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; CD-ROM] [None]
Used versions
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growisofs: 6.1

growisofs
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unable to anonymously mmap 33554432: Resource temporarily unavailable

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/home/ken/iso/janis1.iso
-use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -dvd-compat -speed=4
-use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m

Any ideas? (This used to work, recent upgrade of something must have
caused this. I also tried this as root, same thing.

HeXiLeD · Post by **HeXiLeD** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:21 pm

Have you tried ?

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*  app-cdr/dvdrtools [ Masked ]
      Latest version available: 0.3.1
      Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ]
      Size of files: 844 kB
      Homepage:      http://www.arklinux.org/projects/dvdrtools
      Description:   A fork of cdrtools, including DVD support.
      License:       GPL-2

urcindalo · Post by **urcindalo** » Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:33 pm

I got the very same problem in AMD64. My installed package versions are the same, also.

Why should I install the masked dvdrtools when k3b is emerged with dvdr support (I'm just asking, not arguing

):

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These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R   ] app-cdr/k3b-0.12.14  USE="alsa arts css dvdr encode ffmpeg flac hal kde mp3 musepack musicbrainz sndfile vcd vorbis -debug -xinerama" 0 kB

I don't get it. If dvdrtools are needed, why doen't k3b take it as a dependency? And, why is it masked?

Thanks.

siwelwerd · Post by **siwelwerd** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:04 am

Try running this before you burn:

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ulimit -l unlimited

Worked for me with the exact same error message from growisofs. Reference

deno · Post by **deno** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:34 am

I've had the same or similar problem. It couldn't burn dvd's and cd's -rw. unmerged k3b and now I'am using cdrecord from command line. It seems that it is only option for me to burn cd's and dvd's with gentoo. Unfortunately I didn't know that I can burn dvd's with cdrecord and spend a lot of time trying growisofs, cdrecord-ProDVD and dvdrecord. None has worked, except cdrecord as I mentioned.

r.abbott · Post by **r.abbott** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 3:09 am

Try

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localhost chris # emerge -a =app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools-6.0

downgrading to dvd+rw-tools-6.0.

I found this solution in this thread: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-43 ... -mmap.html. It worked for me.

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:04 pm

It seams I have the same problem but I could not solve it downgrading to dvd+rw-tools-6.0.
I would like to try to burn directly with cdrecord but I get error.
Sorry if I ask your support for this but
what is the exact command?

thx
pcs

Yukimura · Post by **Yukimura** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 9:05 pm

I'm having the same problem with my amd64 pc.

Here's my output:

emerge -a dvdrtools

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies
!!! All ebuilds that could satisfy "dvdrtools" have been masked.
!!! One of the following masked packages is required to complete your request:
- app-cdr/dvdrtools-0.3.1 (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
# Lars Weiler <pylon@gentoo.org> (08 Jul 2006)
# Use app-cdr/cdrtools for DVD burning (yes, it can do it now).

- app-cdr/dvdrtools-0.1.6 (masked by: package.mask)
- app-cdr/dvdrtools-0.3.0-r1 (masked by: package.mask, ~amd64 keyword)
- app-cdr/dvdrtools-0.2.1 (masked by: package.mask)

For more information, see MASKED PACKAGES section in the emerge man page or
refer to the Gentoo Handbook.

So looks like we'll be using cdrtools for burning dvds

r.abbott · Post by **r.abbott** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:51 am

Yukimura--

That's right, you don't need dvdrtools. Did you notice that my post referred to app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools ? It is a dependency of k3b.

deno · Post by **deno** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 8:34 am

"I would like to try to burn directly with cdrecord but I get error. "

This is what I use:

For dvd rw
cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao /home/d3n/Desktop/JavaTut.iso

For cd rw:
cdrecord dev=b,t,l -sao blank=fast -v xx.iso

Blanking DVD-RW
cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao blank=fast

check "HOWTO ATAPI CD Burning" in gentoo wiki.

Yukimura · Post by **Yukimura** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 1:21 pm

r.abbott wrote:Yukimura--

That's right, you don't need dvdrtools. Did you notice that my post referred to app-cdr/dvd+rw-tools ? It is a dependency of k3b.

Yes, I've noticed that, but I'll first try using cdrtools, if it won't work I'll do it your way.

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 7:56 pm

I tried the cdrecord way but failed again:

here is the output:

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord dev=ATA:1,0,0 speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao image.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'ATA:1,0,0'
devname: 'ATA'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
Warning: Using badly designed ATAPI via /dev/hd* interface.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identifikation : 'DVD RW DW-G120A '
Revision       : 'MYS2'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
resid: 64
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+R driver (mmc_dvdplusr).
Driver flags   : DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
resid: 64
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 6 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
cdrecord: Success. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 2A 24 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
resid: 63488
cmd finished after 2.648s timeout 100s
write track data: error after 22093824 bytes
cdrecord: A write error occured.
cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above.

I used dev=ATA instead of dev=ATAPI because of the output of cdrecord -scanbus

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.33
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
scsibus1:
        1,0,0   100) 'ATA     ' 'Maxtor 6V250F0  ' 'VA11' Disk
        1,1,0   101) *
        1,2,0   102) *
        1,3,0   103) *
        1,4,0   104) *
        1,5,0   105) *
        1,6,0   106) *
        1,7,0   107) *

I see I probably corrupted some dvd also

Any suggestion?
thx
py

deno · Post by **deno** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 9:44 pm

Well 'cdrecord -scanbus' gives me '0,0,0 0) 'ATA ' 'WDC WD2500JD-00H' '08.0' Disk'. And again I use ATAPI instead of ATA and it works. Yes, I noticed that if I want to burn cd than I can not use that option, instead i type dev=/dev/hda or dev=b,t,l.

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:59 pm

OK but that's the output when I try with ATAPI:

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao image.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'ATAPI:1,0,0'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.
Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

And this is the output of cdrecord dev=help

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord dev=help
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
Supported SCSI transports for this platform:

Transport name:         sg
Transport descr.:       Generic transport independent SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         pg
Transport descr.:       SCSI transport for ATAPI over Parallel Port
Transp. layer ind.:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         ATA
Transport descr.:       ATA Packet specific SCSI transport
Transp. layer ind.:     ATAPI:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         ATAPI:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         ATA
Transport descr.:       ATA Packet specific SCSI transport using sg interface
Transp. layer ind.:     ATA:
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Transport name:         RSCSI
Transport descr.:       Remote SCSI
Transp. layer ind.:     REMOTE:
Target specifier:       rscsi@host:bus,target,lun
Target example:         REMOTE:rscsi@host:1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported

Something wrong with the kernel configuration? Really strange!
py

Ion Silverbolt · Post by **Ion Silverbolt** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:28 pm

Installing the unstable version of dvd+rw-tools (7.0) took care of this problem for me.

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 2:13 pm

The problem is still there with dvd+rw-tools-7.0:

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord dev=ATAPI:1,0,0 speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao image.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'ATAPI:1,0,0'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code seems to be unmaintained.
Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus are slow.
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Can you suggest me something?

thx
py

deno · Post by **deno** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:05 pm

... did you try with dev=/dev/hda (or whatever)

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 4:37 pm

The idea seems to be good but:

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pef@gentux ~/temp/DVD $ cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc speed=4 driveropts=burnfree -sao image.iso
Cdrecord-ProDVD-Clone 2.01.01a10 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2006 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: '/dev/hdc'
devname: '/dev/hdc'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'SONY    '
Identifikation : 'DVD RW DW-G120A '
Revision       : 'MYS2'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.
resid: 64
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc-3 DVD+R driver (mmc_dvdplusr).
Driver flags   : DVD MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE FORCESPEED
Supported modes: PACKET SAO
resid: 64
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 6 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write    0 seconds. Operation starts.
cdrecord: Success. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
resid: 63488
cmd finished after 62.187s timeout 100s
write track data: error after 0 bytes
cdrecord: A write error occured.
cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above.

I still hope for good suggestions.

thx
py

deno · Post by **deno** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:15 am

Have you tried with different kernel? You could also try some other tools. check this wiki article:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Create_a_DVD:Burn

SteveBallmersChair · Post by **SteveBallmersChair** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 3:22 pm

Ion Silverbolt wrote:Installing the unstable version of dvd+rw-tools (7.0) took care of this problem for me.

It did the same for me. Apparently the ulimit -l unlimited also works if you want to continue using the stable (6.1) version of dvd+rw-tools instead of the unstable 7.0 version. The 7.0 version seems to work fine on my machine though.

Paul Yard · Post by **Paul Yard** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:42 pm

I'v tried with windoz and ...... surprise!!! It does not work too!
I argue it's an hardware problem.
Sorry for the time you lost to help me.
I'll repair the hardware and see if the problem is still there.

Thx
py

modified_bessel · Post by **modified_bessel** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 1:47 pm

SteveBallmersChair wrote:
Ion Silverbolt wrote:Installing the unstable version of dvd+rw-tools (7.0) took care of this problem for me.
It did the same for me. Apparently the ulimit -l unlimited also works if you want to continue using the stable (6.1) version of dvd+rw-tools instead of the unstable 7.0 version. The 7.0 version seems to work fine on my machine though.

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ulimit -l unlimited

worked fine here also;

2.6.17-gentoo-r8 x86_64 AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+
Qt: 3.3.6
KDE: 3.5.2
K3b: 0.12.14
dvd+rw-tools-6.1-r1

RageOfOrder · Post by **RageOfOrder** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:11 pm

Just a little addition to the thread....

I had issues burning DVDs in K3B originally.. my solution was to go to
Settings -> Configure K3B -> Advanced -> Manually Writing Buffer Size -> 2MB

Might help some of you, might not.

JuNix · Post by **JuNix** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 8:16 am

RageOfOrder wrote:Just a little addition to the thread....

I had issues burning DVDs in K3B originally.. my solution was to go to
Settings -> Configure K3B -> Advanced -> Manually Writing Buffer Size -> 2MB

Might help some of you, might not.

That worked! Thanks