lrsach01 Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 I'm having a spot of trouble with k3b. It suddenly stopped recognizing blank dvds. And I mean suddenly...as from one day to the next. One day I'm burning fine, the next...boom. I use a MadDog usb burner recognized by k3b as "MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9." When burning, the program counts to 40 or 50 secs then says I need to add a double layer dvd. I first thought I had a bad disk so I replaced it but my system had suddenly "lost" the burner. It was still in the Devices folder (I'm using Mandriva 2006 powerpack) but was unmounted and I could not force it to mount. I unpluggeg the cable and plugged it back in, and the burner was seen again (mounted and all). I got some info from k3b after this debacle repeated it self: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.5 KDE Version: 3.4.2 QT Version: 3.3.4 Kernel: 2.6.12-12mdk Devices ----------------------- MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9 2.F6 (/dev/scsi/host18/bus0/target0/lun0/cd, /dev/sg1) at /mnt/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; 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 ----------------------- mkisofs: 2.1.1a03 growisofs: 5.21 growisofs ----------------------- :-( unable to open64("/dev/scsi/host18/bus0/target0/lun0/cd",O_RDONLY): No such device or address growisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/scsi/host18/bus0/target0/lun0/cd=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:1990992 -dvd-compat -speed=11.9 Any help? BTW the Nautilus burner works just fine...only k3b is acting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Run once "kcmshell k3bsetup2" as root, and report back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Run once "kcmshell k3bsetup2" as root, and report back... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What information do you want? The k3b setup sees my cd rom drive, the cd writer/dvd reader as well as the usb drive on both /dev/scsi/host18/bus0/target0/lun0/cd and /dev/sg1. Yes..two separate entries... In the shell, I get kbuildsycoca running... KWrited - Listening on Device /dev/pts/3 QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim kcmshell: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry. kcmshell: ERROR: (K3bDevice::Device) Unable to do inquiry. Is there any more info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Any Ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Try creating a "burning" group, add your current user in that group, and then logoff and back on. Now try again to burn a DVD. k3bsetup sets the proper permissions for that set of settings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Try creating a "burning" group, add your current user in that group, and then logoff and back on. Now try again to burn a DVD. k3bsetup sets the proper permissions for that set of settings. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Again....no dice. The system recognizes the dvd drive is present. When I put a blank dvd in the drive, k3b starts right up. When I try to burn a disk, I get: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.5 KDE Version: 3.4.2 QT Version: 3.3.4 Kernel: 2.6.12-12mdk Devices ----------------------- MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9 2.F6 (/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd, ) at /mnt/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; 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] SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F T902 (/dev/hdd, ) at /mnt/cdrom2 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R] Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max YDS6 (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/cdrom [CD-ROM] [CD-ROM] [None] Used versions ----------------------- growisofs: 5.21 growisofs ----------------------- :-( unable to open64("/dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd",O_RDONLY): No such device or address growisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/scsi/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/cd=/home/roy/Documents/pld-catcf.img -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -dvd-compat -speed=11.9 I'm stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 I tried going to an earlier version of k3b, dropping from version 12.5 down to 12.3. I even made sure all previous k3b files were erased. When k3b started after plugging in the dvd, I got this message: cdrecord will be run with root privileges on kernel >= 2.6.8 Since Linux kernel 2.6.8 cdrecord will not work when run suid root for security reasons anymore. Solution: Use K3bSetup to solve this problem So I ran k3bsetup. There was NOTHING to change! I enabled the burning group again, but that was it. I have no way of making any changes unless I want to add something. I cannot even remove anything. So I saved the burning group activation, exited k3bsetup, and started k3b. It recognized that this was the first time I started up and asked to verify the cd writing speed of the usb drive as well as my IDE cd-writer. Then I tried to burn, and got the same message again: System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12 KDE Version: 3.4.2 QT Version: 3.3.4 Kernel: 2.6.12-12mdk Devices ----------------------- MAD DOG MD-16XDVD9 2.F6 (/dev/scsi/host4/bus0/target0/lun0/cd, /dev/sg1) at /mnt/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; 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] Lite-On LTN486S 48x Max YDS6 (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/cdrom [CD-ROM] [CD-ROM] [None] SAMSUNG CDRW/DVD SM-352F T902 (/dev/hdd, ) at /mnt/cdrom2 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R] Used versions ----------------------- growisofs: 5.21 growisofs ----------------------- :-( unable to open64("/dev/scsi/host4/bus0/target0/lun0/cd",O_RDONLY): No such device or address growisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/scsi/host4/bus0/target0/lun0/cd=/home/roy/Documents/pld-catcf.img -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -dvd-compat -speed=6.1 If there were another dvd writing program, I would not be so frustrated. But the Nautilus dvd writer software is so limited that I really need k3b to work. Any other help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 I've even tried running k3b as root but still nothing. It does burn cds just fine. Is the problem this "cdrecord" error that cropped up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) The Mandriva kernel is already patched, so there's no need to run cdrecord or cdrdao as suid root. Have you tried updating your dvd+rw-tools version? (latest version is 5.21.4.10.8). The other thing you could try is disabling the stupid, bugged hotplug daemon (and HardDrake daemon as well)... Edited November 2, 2005 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 I know about HardDrake, but which is the hotplug daemon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 (edited) also, I have the latest version of dvd+rw-tools. With the hotplug daemon off, I will need to mount each device on its own? What's the point of having a modern operating system if I can't hot plug my devices? Edited November 2, 2005 by lrsach01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 With hotplug off you may have to add certain modules at /etc/modprobe.conf, so they will be loaded manually at startup- and nothing more than that. The main reason to exclude hotplug is simply that ATM it's bugged... that simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrsach01 Posted November 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 This doesn't look like a problem with hotplugging. I can burn cd's easily. Just dvds crash out. Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 A firmware upgrade, probably? Your Mad Dog Burner is an external version of NEC 3500AG, which happens to be my DVD burner currently, and it works like a champ with both CD's and DVD's. Please take a look here - I use Liggy's 2.18 bitsetting/RPC1 firmware with mighty good results. A major annoyance is that most of these firmware revisions need to be applied within Winbloze... DOH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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