K3b REALLY pissing me off

mrchaos · 04-28-2005, 01:39 PM

I can burn data DVDs just fine (in root at least), but when I try to copy a DVD (even a data DVD) I get the same error EVERY SINGLE TIME: :-( Write failed: Input/ouput error; fatal error at startup: Input/output error.

growisofs spits back the error (checked the debugging):

Code:

Devices
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HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B 0015 (/dev/hdd, ) at /mnt/dvd [CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM] [None]
Memorex DVD+/-DLRWL1 F16 BWSE (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/dvdwriter [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; 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/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R]

System
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K3b Version: 0.11.23
KDE Version: 3.4.0
QT Version:  3.3.3
Kernel:      2.6.10

growisofs
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Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/hdc obs=32k seek=0'
:-( write failed: Input/output error

growisofs comand:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdc=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:1 -dvd-compat -speed=8

I've reinstalled dvd+-rw tools and k3b as well as updated my cdrdao and cdrecord. Yet I get the same error????? No one has so far resolved their posts regarding this problem..... PLEASE, somebody help?

Matir · 04-28-2005, 02:19 PM

It seems as though it is trying to copy your floppy drive. The arguments to growisofs should appear like /dev/hdc=/dev/hdd. Check and make sure the proper source is selected in k3b.

mrchaos · 04-28-2005, 02:22 PM

i've already looked into that. notice though how it says "/dev/fd/0" That's not the floppy drive, the floppy drive is /dev/fd0. The source isn't the problem. I always select my hdd as the source.

Just for future reference, /dev/fd/0 is the device that identifies the current device being used by the process. So in this case, it's suggesting that /dev/fd/0 point to /dev/hdc.... so there is still something else wrong with this

Matir · 04-28-2005, 05:22 PM

Ah, I did misread that bit. /dev/fd is a symlink to /proc/self/fd which contains all open file descriptors of the current process. In other words, standard input is being connected to /dev/hdc, it seems.

That still doesn't seem to explain the problems, of course. Tonight, I'll try to copy a DVD and see what my K3B logs say. That is, if my DVD-ROM drive works... it's been flaky lately. DVD+/-RW is still good though. I assume you are doing a drive->drive copy, based on your original post.

mrchaos · 04-28-2005, 05:48 PM

Quote:

I assume you are doing a drive->drive copy, based on your original post

Bingo.

Thanks a bunch Matir, lemme know if you get something different