[mdlug] K3b DVD burning issues

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Mathew Enders wrote:
> Earlier I burned a data DVD using K3b.  When I tried to burn a second 
> DVD the burn failed with both buffers dropping to zero and hanging 
> forever, when it reached about 2.5GB.  It continued to fail until I 
> reduced the amount of data down to just under 2.5GB.  Now the burn fails 
> at 407MB.  I believe there is some cache somewhere that is not being 
> flushed correctly.  Google has not been helpful.  Does anyone have any 
> suggestions.
> 
> TIA
> Mat

As un-Linuxey as it might sound, you could test your buffer theory by
rebooting. Also are you burning an ISO or a list of data files in K3b?

How much room do you have on your /tmp and/var/tmp filesystems?