unable to burn cd isos

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#1

I am unable to burn CD isos with k3b. I can burn DVD isos fine, and it verifies them ok. But when I burn a CD iso, it says it burns successfully, but when it tries to verify it, it throws an error at the end. Here’s the debugging output from k3b:

System

K3b Version: 1.0.5

KDE Version: 3.5.10 “release 80”
QT Version: 3.3.8b
Kernel: 2.6.31.12-2-pae
Devices

SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A B402 (/dev/sr1, ) [CD-ROM] [CD-ROM] [None]

HP DVD Writer 640b E152 (/dev/sr0, ) [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 Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite]
K3bDataTrackReader

reading sectors 0 to 55807 with sector size 2048. Length: 55808 sectors, 114294784 bytes.
using buffer size of 64 blocks.
Read a total of 55808 sectors (114294784 bytes)

K3bMd5Job

Reached max read of 114294784. Stopping after 114294784 bytes.

Used versions

cdrecord: 2.1.1a74

cdrecord

scsidev: ‘/dev/sr0’
devname: ‘/dev/sr0’
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by ‘devname’ is unintentional and not supported.
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
SCSI buffer size: 64512
/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Warning: Drive returned invalid buffer size.
/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Warning: The DMA speed test has been skipped.
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a74 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jörg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version ‘schily-0.9’.
Driveropts: ‘burnfree’
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HP ’
Identifikation : 'DVD Writer 640b ’
Revision : ‘E152’
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Current: CD-RW
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW (current)
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1146880 = 1120 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 109 MB
Total size: 125 MB (12:24.10) = 55808 sectors
Lout start: 125 MB (12:26/08) = 55808 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 3
Reference speed: 6
Disk Is not unrestricted
Disk Is erasable
Disk sub type: High speed Rewritable (CAV) media (1)
ATIP start of lead in: -11745 (97:25/30)
ATIP start of lead out: 359848 (79:59/73)
1T speed low: 4 1T speed high: 10
2T speed low: 4 2T speed high: 0 (reserved val 6)
power mult factor: 1 5
recommended erase/write power: 5
A1 values: 24 1A D8
A2 values: 26 B2 4A
Disk type: Phase change
Manuf. index: 40
Manufacturer: INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
Capacity Blklen/Sparesz. Format-type Type
295232 2048 0x00 Unformated or Blank Media
295232 2048 0x00 Reserved (0)
295232 32 0x10 Reserved (0)
Blocks total: 359848 Blocks current: 359848 Blocks remaining: 304040
Starting to write CD/DVD/BD at speed 10 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 3 seconds.
2 seconds.
1 seconds.
0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer … input buffer ready.
BURN-Free is ON.
Performing OPC…
Sending CUE sheet…
/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150
Writing pregap for track 1 at -150
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 of 109 MB written.
Track 01: 1 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) 0.4x.
Track 01: 2 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 3 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 94%] 11.0x.
Track 01: 4 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 5 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 6 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 7 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 8 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 9 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 10 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 11 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 12 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 13 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 14 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 15 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 16 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 17 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 18 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 19 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 20 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 21 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 22 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 23 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 24 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 25 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 26 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 27 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 28 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 29 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 30 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 31 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 32 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 33 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 34 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 35 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 36 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 37 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 38 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 94%] 10.9x.
Track 01: 39 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 40 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 41 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 42 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 43 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 44 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 45 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 46 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 47 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 48 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 49 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 50 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 51 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 52 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 53 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 54 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 55 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 56 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 57 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 58 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 59 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 60 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 61 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 62 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 63 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 64 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 65 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 66 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 67 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 68 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 69 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 70 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 71 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 72 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 73 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 93%] 10.8x.
Track 01: 74 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 75 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 76 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 77 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 78 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 79 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 80 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 81 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 82 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 83 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 84 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 85 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 86 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 87 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 88 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 89 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 90 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.1x.
Track 01: 91 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.4x.
Track 01: 92 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 93 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 94 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.0x.
Track 01: 95 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 96 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 97 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 98 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.7x.
Track 01: 99 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 100 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 101 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.3x.
Track 01: 102 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 103 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 104 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.6x.
Track 01: 105 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 106 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.5x.
Track 01: 107 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 91%] 10.2x.
Track 01: 108 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 93%] 10.7x.
Track 01: 109 of 109 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 92%] 10.1x.
Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 114294784/114294784 (55808 sectors).
Writing time: 94.992s
Average write speed 7.8x.
Min drive buffer fill was 91%
Fixating…
Fixating time: 12.077s
/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: fifo had 1801 puts and 1801 gets.
/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 1728 times full, min fill was 92%.

cdrecord command:

/usr/bin/X11/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=18 -dao driveropts=burnfree -data -tsize=55808s -

#2

Try making sure you have k3b and k3b-codecs both from packman

#3

I do. The output from rpm -qa|grep k3b is:

k3b-1.0.5-1.pm.1.22
k3b-lang-1.0.5-1.pm.1.22
k3b-codecs-1.0.5-1.pm.1.22

#4

Question: did you try the burnt CD’s? I went throught the log and it does not show any errors.
Maybe there’s a bug in the verification part…

Try burning without verification. Start k3b, pick an iso, check the md5sum of the iso, burn with no verify. If it finishes without errors, create a new image from the burnt media. Open that one in k3b and see if md5sum is the same. It should be. If so, there’s a bug in the verification, if not k3b is burning corrupt CD’s. Report a bug then.

#5

Yes, I tried the burn’t CDs. They don’t work. The md5sum differs, so I guess k3b is burning bad CDs, but I don’t think the problem is k3b. I have the same problem when using bashburn and manually running cdrecord. (note: I have the same problem when I use wodim) It doesn’t matter what I use to burn CDs. I always have the same problem.

#6

Maybe start thinking it may be a hardware problem like your writer failing or something? Have you tried burning CDs in another OS like Windows (if you have it)?

#7

I never use the k3b verification
I get no problems, but then I use quality media and like to think I know how to burn a media disc.

#8

I don’t have Windows, so I can’t try it under that. I wouldn’t think it would be a hardware problem, since I can burn DVD iso’s just fine, just not CD iso’s.

#9

I won’t be entirely sure though. I had a DVD writer which had absolutely no problems at all when burning all kind of DVDs (including images), but totally got stuck at burning CDs (frequently also got stuck at reading them too). At first I thought it was on the software side… nada… then I upgraded its firmware thinking it may just fix it… nada… then in the end all left to do was to just replace it. So maybe, just maybe, it could be a HW problem and it’s hard for me to tell from here as there’s still a certain degree of uncertainty from where I sit. When you burn these images, watch closely the output of “dmesg”, which can report certain HW issues through messages it throws out. But it could be a SW problem too, although I never had such a problem with k3b and your type of problem hasn’t been reported by someone else either, at least not to my knowledge.

#10

Here’s the output from manually running cdrecord:
pastebin - collaborative debugging tool

And here’s the output from dmesg|tail -n 50:
pastebin - collaborative debugging tool

#11

I believe it is plausible that it’s a hardware problem, they could be using different lasers for DVD and CD. I have a combo drive right now that will not read CDs but reads DVDs just fine.

#12

I have just discovered that using unetbootin, I also cannot create a liveusb from the same iso. It creates it, but it won’t boot. But I can boot the iso fine in qemu. So I would think it would be a software problem.

#13

I was using CDRW’s, so I tried burning a CDR without verifying it in k3b, and it boots fine. So, problem solved, for now.

Thanks everyone for all your help.

#14

As I said::wink:

I stopped using the k3b verify option yonks ago.
I use Yast or the cd/dvd check option

#15

On Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:36:02 GMT, oddball33 <oddball33@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Yes, I tried the burn’t CDs. They don’t work. The md5sum differs, so I
>guess k3b is burning bad CDs, but I don’t think the problem is k3b. I
>have the same problem when using bashburn and manually running cdrecord.
>(note: I have the same problem when I use wodim) It doesn’t matter what
>I use to burn CDs. I always have the same problem.

Well as your orig. post shows RW media, is the media new? Even if it is,
try erasing first. Also try reducing write speed below the shown 10X in
the log/session files. Recently i have made some coasters, and solved the
problems this way.

#16

Yes, I tried it with new media. But it works with a CDR, so it’s fine for now.