Hi,

I was just given a Maddog Megastor MD-18XTFE bought in a Radio Shack store which I tried out with k3b 0.12.10 under KDE 3.4.3. I tried burning a DVD with data from my hard disk and this is the error I immediately got:

Quote:

System
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K3b Version: 0.12.10

KDE Version: 3.4.3
QT Version: 3.3.6
Kernel: 2.6.14-kanotix-9
Devices
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TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D SB00 (/dev/scd1, /dev/sg2) at /media/cdrom2 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Jump; DVD-RAM; 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; Layer Jump]

HP CD-Writer+ 8200 1.0f (/dev/scd0, /dev/sg0) at /media/cdrom1 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM] [Error] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96R; RAW/R96R]
SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-612 BT03 (/dev/hdc, ) at [CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R DL] [Error] [Layer Jump]
TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R1002 1030 (/dev/hdd, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R]
K3b
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Size of filesystem calculated: 2140268

Used versions
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growisofs: 5.21

growisofs
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Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/scd1 obs=32k seek=0'
:-( Failed to change write speed: 2770->3324

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/scd1=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:2140268 -dvd-compat -speed=1

mkisofs
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2140268
Using mahrajan_alinti9ar_22_9_000.wmv;1 for Hezbollah-DN-broadcasts/mahrajan_alinti9ar_22-9-2006_b.wmv (mahrajan_alinti9ar_22-9-2006_a.wmv)
/usr/bin/mkisofs: Connection reset by peer. cannot fwrite 2048*1

mkisofs command:
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/usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2005 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-andrei/k3bEBOPSb.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-andrei/k3b7TB9Hb.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-andrei/k3bsCwXla.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-andrei/k3b0mVzrb.tmp

Does anyone have any idea of what this means? Can this USB-based external DVD burner be used with Debian?

Is there some other application besides k3b which I should try to burn DVDs?

Many thanks for any help!

VS

The important part is:

This drive is not responding to standard commands - avoid it.

I'm using a USB/Firewire external DVD burner that works well - an LG GSA-5163D.

k3b is up to version 0.12.17 now, so I'd suggest you upgrade to it and see if that fixes your problem.

K3B just invokes the growisofs command, which performs the actual burning on DVDs (and is the source of the error). If you are looking to try upgrading software, you can try that.