[mdlug] K3b DVD burning issues

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Mathew Enders wrote:
> 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

How old is the DVD-RW drive and how old are the cables?

Is the DVD-RW IDE or SATA? If IDE, does it share it's channel with any
outer devices?

Will K3b write the files to an ISO for you with out problems?

Can such an ISO then be written to a DVD?

These last two might give you a (less than satisfactory) work around as
well as help you track down the source of the trouble.