From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Nwcz8-0002QW-Tv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:07 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 10B54E0B50 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f201.google.com (mail-iw0-f201.google.com [209.85.223.201]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBB51E09C3 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn39 with SMTP id 39so490763iwn.2 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:53:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=KURfeMFVZcHJKCMrtidgVcxYnJY9B/LBwy8fC6F5X0E=; b=Z4HYUmx2kZydala29tfyK/nI6RqYVOqZ40DRSEYoqaIlvC9lVsSyan2ZsrRMvf53rO G972MJj0LUv0lr0JWWYOKLai2QF7yCSgiIhKXjrCCEUiqFewCjxDvlRHq7Knk7ZAeW4i EO/fwMr+WQ7xqMWeU5kryfJ4+gdbALzkqeJVM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=cujyoGFSwi2gGidbJVK/qUsJ+pbGWW4ThmchtWaOUERH6jDCZyg/J0B09LndzqsFEk /z8XySMPEuR5eKrAY7DdXGcTmcJMYtgF/jCHV0UhKsMT3arjmQ8k68GKyYhmT1l4SX1z aZDiWy9fnwtwxLFQUBoUPFAFK9v9CUmWtl5/0= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.218.2 with HTTP; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:53:28 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100330083952.6ca82bc9@digimed.co.uk> References: <4BB15186.9030602@gmail.com> <20100330083952.6ca82bc9@digimed.co.uk> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:53:28 -0400 Received: by 10.143.21.14 with SMTP id y14mr2644099wfi.43.1269960808253; Tue, 30 Mar 2010 07:53:28 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <30b96cd61003300753r346f0300w8377c4a99e242803@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn. From: stosss To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: cb64f611-2bf6-4005-916a-62f4fd282673 X-Archives-Hash: bcf012f1ef3fc94279108182a3893c44 On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:19:02 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I also tried to burn this with tkdvd but it failed too. =A0I don't think >> the media is bad. =A0It doesn't appear to be k3b since the other program >> fails too. =A0I also updated to the latest testing but no >> difference that I can see. =A0It does sometimes burn and sometimes if I >> try again it will burn but it's not getting any better. > > K3b is running mkisofs and growisofs at the same time, hence the mixed up > debug output making it hard to see where the error is coming from. Take > the media, drive and growisofs out of the equation by getting K3b to > create an ISO image instead. If that works, write the image to disc with > > growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=3D/path/to/file.iso > > At least you'll have a better idea where the problem lies. I once had a problem just like this and it turned out to be bad media. The generic cheap priced discs don't always work. The more expensive name brand generally are better because most, if not all of them, work. --=20 If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. - Thomas Jefferson