[kde-linux] k3b verify problem

[Gaffer.]

Hi Anne,

On Thursday 31 July 2008 17:58, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Thursday 31 July 2008 14:51:31 Dale wrote:
> > Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Thursday 31 July 2008 08:58:50 Dale wrote:
> > >> Anne Wilson wrote:
> > >>> Is there a problem with k3b in 2008.1?  I've just installed
> > >>> Mandriva on my daughter's laptop and confidently told her to
> > >>> burn with k3b.  She burned one, the disc ejected, but didn't
> > >>> retract and the verify stuck there.  The second time she
> > >>> caught it as it ejected and pushed it in immediately it
> > >>> released. It didn't verify.  I changed the setting so that it
> > >>> wouldn't eject, but the third burn didn't verify either.
> > >>>
> > >>> That is, not that they gave a 'bad burn' but that it didn't
> > >>> even start to verify.
> > >>>
> > >>> Anyone know why or what I can do?  It's most embarrassing.  I
> > >>> told her that it was so simple and reliable, but I'll not
> > >>> convince her if she can't verify her backups.
> > >>>
> > >>> Anne
> > >>
> > >> Hi Anne,
> > >>
> > >> You may want to check the Gentoo mailing lists and/or forums. 
> > >> I remember this being a issue a few months ago.  I think it
> > >> has been fixed but not real sure.
> > >
> > > I'll do some googling, but I remember that many people reported
> > > that setting the tray not to eject solved their problem.  I'm
> > > pretty sure I did that on one of my systems, too, so I was
> > > shocked to find that it didn't solve it on this system.
> > >
> > > Anne
> >
> > This may help:
> >
> > root at smoker / # equery list k3b
> > [ Searching for package 'k3b' in all categories among: ]
> >  * installed packages
> > [I--] [ ~] app-cdr/k3b-1.0.5-r1 (0)
> > root at smoker / # equery list hal
> > [ Searching for package 'hal' in all categories among: ]
> >  * installed packages
> > [I--] [  ] app-misc/hal-info-20070618 (0)
> > [I--] [  ] sys-apps/hal-0.5.9.1-r3 (0)
> > root at smoker / #
> >
> > That's my versions of k3b and hal.  It does not verify if it is
> > set to eject but does if it is set not to eject.  That is the
> > status with these versions anyway.  May want to check what
> > versions you have available.
>
> Thanks.  I can't check her laptop at the moment, but I have made
> some interesting discoveries.
>
> As I said originally, I had set k3b to not eject.  With this set,
> CDs and DVD+RW disks do verify, but DVD-R disks do not.  Mostly
> they just hang at the 50% with the verify not starting, but twice
> k3b has crashed at that point.
>
> I've reported it on the Mandriva bugzilla.  I wonder whether anyone
> else will confirm that the type of disk is relevant.
>
> Anne

Open Suse 10.2 and 10.3  k3b 1.0.4  both fail to verify DVD-R !  
Doesn't crash, it just fails to verify.  I just checked after seeing 
your post at 18:00. 

Most people including me wouldn't have seen this, because DVD-R's 
don't play in my set top DVD player,  so I always try to buy DVD+R

-- 
Best Regards:
             Derrick.