Problem using K3B

From: Madhusudan Singh (spammers-go-here_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/21/04 

Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:57:45 -0400

Hi

        Debian Sarge running KDE.

        I have used K3B in the past without any problems, but after a period of a
month (during which many packages might have been upgraded), I tried to
burn a data CD today.

        When I fired up K3B, I found a warning message indicating that cdrecord
permissions were set to root.root and it might lead to performance
problems. I looked into K3Bsetup but it did not give me any relevant
options. So I started anyways.

        The buffer fills up to 98 %, 5 % written, and then the CD burner goes wild
- lots of noise but top indicates no relevant process running or even
taking up CPU time.

        I cancelled and retried with cdrecord permission change check unchecked in
K3Bsetup, found the following debugging o/p :

        System
-----------------------
K3b Version: 0.11.9
KDE Version: 3.2.2
QT Version: 3.2.3

cdrecord
-----------------------
scsidev: 'ATAPI:/dev/hdc'
devname: 'ATAPI:/dev/hdc'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
Warning: There may be fatal problems.
SCSI buffer size: 64512
Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a29 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg
Schilling
NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of
cdrecord
      and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version.
      Please send bug reports and support requests to
<cdrtools@packages.debian.org>.
      The original author should not be bothered with problems of this
version.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'.
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
atapi: 1
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'QSI '
Identifikation : 'CDRW/DVD SBW242U'
Revision : 'UU30'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-ROM.
Current: 0x0009
Profile: 0x0010
Profile: 0x0008
Profile: 0x0009 (current)
Profile: 0x000A
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Drive buf size : 1959936 = 1914 KB
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
Track 01: data 19 MB
Total size: 22 MB (02:12.41) = 9931 sectors
Lout start: 22 MB (02:14/31) = 9931 sectors
Current Secsize: 2048
ATIP info from disk:
  Indicated writing power: 4
  Is not unrestricted
  Is not erasable
  Disk sub type: Medium Type A, low Beta category (A-) (2)
  ATIP start of lead in: -12508 (97:15/17)
  ATIP start of lead out: 359848 (79:59/73)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 22
Manufacturer: Ritek Co.
Blocks total: 359848 Blocks current: 359848 Blocks remaining: 349917
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 24 in real SAO mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 2 seconds.
   1 seconds.
   0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready.
BURN-Free is OFF.
Turning BURN-Free on
Performing OPC...
Sending CUE sheet...
/usr/bin/cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150
Writing pregap for track 1 at -150
Starting new track at sector: 0
Track 01: 0 of 19 MB written.
Track 01: 1 of 19 MB written (fifo 98%) [buf 97%] 2.6x.

cdrecord comand:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/cdrecord.mmap -v gracetime=2 dev=ATAPI:/dev/hdc speed=24 -dao
driveropts=burnfree -eject -data -tsize=9931s -

mkisofs
-----------------------
9931
  5.19% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 21 01:46:18 2004
 10.17% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 21 01:46:18 2004
 15.15% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 21 01:46:18 2004
 20.21% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 21 01:46:18 2004
 25.24% done, estimate finish Mon Jun 21 01:47:05 2004

mkisofs comand:
-----------------------
/usr/bin/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -V DRC 2004 -volset -A K3B THE CD
KREATOR VERSION 0.11.9 (C) 2003 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -P
Madhusudan Singh -p K3b - Version 0.11.9 -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1
-volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-chhabra/k3bTT7Jcb.tmp -r
-hide-list /tmp/kde-chhabra/k3bpb9aec.tmp -l -iso-level 2
-path-list /tmp/kde-chhabra/k3b9S4Lwb.tmp

Before I had unchecked the permissions change on cdrecord (in K3Bsetup) and
unchecked burn on the fly, I had this additional error message :

 faio_wait_on_buffer for writer timed out.

The drive is now locked and only a reboot will let me remove the (wasted)
CD.

What is going on ?

Thanks. 

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