[mdlug] K3b DVD burning issues

[Mathew Enders]

Raymond McLaughlin wrote:
> 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. 

Have rebooted several times.  It has no effect.

> Also are you burning an ISO or a list of data files in K3b?

Just a bunch of files.

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

7GB