[kde-linux] k3b verify problem

[Anne Wilson]

On Thursday 31 July 2008 19:37:53 Gaffer. wrote:
> 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

That's very interesting.  

I tend to have both kinds.  I use +R for video work, but could be either for 
data disks.  I tried a +RW because I was going through a pile of disks with 
these tests, so I'll try a +R next time she wants to do a backup.  (She's a 
total newbie and I'm still hand-holding.)

Anyone else able to confirm that disk-type matters?

Anne

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