K3b CD Burning Problems

[vasim]

Hello,

 

I am running the Mandrake 10 Official Distribution.

My problem is that I have never succesfull write a CD.

 

The same problem was also in an older version of Mandrake (9.2 Download Edition)

 

I am starting writing the CD and when the wizard starts to write on the CD the proccess is stopping informing me that "buffer overun" problem occurs)

 

My CD-R has burn proof support (Philips , Windows mention that as "ExacLink")

 

What is the problem?

Thanks in advance.

[SoulSe]

Have you run the k3b setup program? Have you tried burning as root? Does the drive work ok under Windows? Have you tried writing without caching the files first? Have you used the search feature on this board (there have been similar threads before)?

[vasim]

Have you run the k3b setup program? Have you tried burning as root? Does the drive work ok under Windows? Have you tried writing without caching the files first? Have you used the search feature on this board (there have been similar threads before)?

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The drive works fine under windows. I haven't try to use no caching for files..

And I haven't try burn as root.. But is that the point ? Every time I want to burn a CD I must stop my work, logoff and logon as root and write my CD?

 

I have tried read some threads and I found tha I must be root to burn a CD

 

(MandrakeUsers.org How-To-Write-CD.With-K3b)

[Qchem]

you don't need to log off to become root, just use su from a terminal - you shouldn't really log in to a graphical session as root!

 

[edit] It might also be worth checking out sudo for such tasks

Edited July 22, 2004 by Qchem

[devries]

Try hdparm -d0 /dev/hdx (where x is the letter for the CD burner, as root). Then start k3b as normal user and try burning a CD.

 

PS hdparm -d1 /dev/hdx, turns it back on :)

Edited July 22, 2004 by devries

[SoulSe]

I wasn't suggesting that you always write as root, just trying to establish what the problem is.

 

My reccomendation:

 

1 - Use su to become 'root'

2 - Run the k3b setup program, which can change relevent permissions for you.

3 - Try to burn as a user.

 

That should sort you out.

[chris z]

a few other things........

 

have you tried burning at a lower speed?

 

have you tried turning off DAO (disk at once) if it's enabled?

 

do you have enough room in the k3b temp directory? i forget the exact default path, but it's somehwere in the /.kde directory in your /home directory.

 

Chris

[Ixthusdan]

I have found that if your temp directory is too small, k3b will fail to burn and not exactly say why! I now change the temp directory to a place with plenty of room.

[vasim]

Yes.. I found that I must change the speed to one step lower and be root to run K3b Setup to burn succesfully...Everything works fine now...

 

Thanks for your help!

Edited July 23, 2004 by vasim

[Ixthusdan]

Just another note, when you run the setup program, toward the end, there is a screen for adding users to the cdrw group. You must add your user at that time. Only root is automatically a member of that group.