Hello, I'm having the same problem here, K3B can write easily DVD's but it fails when burning CDR's.
Output of cdrecord -scanbus -------- Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Joerg Schi lling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED] org>. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.15-26-386 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. Linux sg driver version: 3.5.33 Error: Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability.Is cdrecord installed SUID root? : Operation not permitted Using libscg version 'debian-0.8debian2'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (debian-0.8debian2 '@(#)sc sitransp.c 1.91 04/06/17 Copyright 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling'). scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'HL-DT-ST' 'DVDRAM GSA-5163D' 'A104' Removable CD-ROM 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) * Output of cdrecord when trying to burn a cdr image using K3B ----------- System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.14 KDE Version: 3.5.2 QT Version: 3.3.6 Kernel: 2.6.15-26-386 Devices ----------------------- HL-DT-ST DVD+RW GCA-4040N 1.19 (/dev/hdc, ) at [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD+RW; DVD+R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R] HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-5163D A104 (/dev/scd0, /dev/sg0) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RAM; 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] Used versions ----------------------- cdrecord: 2.1.1a01 cdrecord ----------------------- /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.15-26-386 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. scsidev: '0,0,0' scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.33 Error: Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability.Is cdrecord installed SUID root? : Operation not permitted /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial version of libscg (debian-0.8debian2 '@(#)scsitransp.c 1.91 04/06/17 Copyright 1988,1995,2000-2004 J. Schilling'). SCSI buffer size: 64512 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: This version of cdrecord does not include DVD-R/DVD-RW support code. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: See /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.DVD.Debian for details on DVD support. Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Joerg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. The original author should not be bothered with problems of this version. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM Using libscg version 'debian-0.8debian2'. Driveropts: 'burnfree' atapi: 1 Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 2 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST' Identifikation : 'DVDRAM GSA-5163D' Revision : 'A104' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0009 Profile: 0x0012 Profile: 0x0011 Profile: 0x0014 Profile: 0x0013 Profile: 0x001A Profile: 0x001B Profile: 0x002B Profile: 0x0010 Profile: 0x0009 (current) Profile: 0x000A Profile: 0x0008 Profile: 0x0002 Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Input/output error. read buffer: scsi sendcmd: cmd timeout after 200.010 (200) s CDB: 3C 00 00 00 00 00 00 FC 00 00 cmd finished after 200.010s timeout 200s Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1053696 = 1029 KB FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB Error: Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability.Is cdrecord installed SUID root? : Operation not permitted Track 01: data 698 MB Total size: 802 MB (79:27.81) = 357586 sectors Lout start: 802 MB (79:29/61) = 357586 sectors Current Secsize: 258077437 ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66) ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71) Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 2260 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 40 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 2 seconds. 1 seconds. 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. BURN-Free is OFF. Turning BURN-Free on Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: cmd timeout after 200.030 (200) s CDB: 2A 00 FF FF FF 6A 00 00 1F 00 cmd finished after 200.030s timeout 200s Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 write track pad data: error after 0 bytes BFree: 1029 K BSize: 1029 K Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 0 of 698 MB written. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Input/output error. 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 05 00 00 00 00 0A 2A 00 00 80 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.005s timeout 200s /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: A write error occured. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Please properly read the error message above. write track data: error after 0 bytes Writing time: 220.641s Average write speed 21.6x. Fixating... Fixating time: 0.007s /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: fifo had 64 puts and 1 gets. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. cdrecord command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord.mmap -v gracetime=2 dev=0,0,0 speed=40 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /media/datos/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-i386.iso I hope this info can help solve the problem. Thanks. -- k3b fails to burn cd with firewire device https://launchpad.net/bugs/28207 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs