Re: [gentoo-user] Can't get a DVD to burn.

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

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.  I don't think
>> the media is bad.  It doesn't appear to be k3b since the other program
>> fails too.  I also updated to the latest testing but no
>> difference that I can see.  It 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=/path/to/file.iso
>
> At least you'll have a better idea where the problem lies.
>
>    

Could I just get rid of one of the programs or are they all part of the 
same package?  I suspect a mismatch of package versions which is why I 
went unstable with k3b and cdrtools.

It is odd that it is trying to run two programs at the same time tho.

Dale

:-)  :-)