K8.04 K3b broken; can't burn 10.04 disc

**hangfire** · April 29th, 2010

CD-R/W+DVD-R/W drive works fine for reading.

The last time I used it to burn was about a year ago. New discs are detected and I am offered to burn in K3b but K3b asks for media to be inserted (it already is).

Searched on some of these errors and this is a problem for others with indifferent solutions. Username is in cdrom group and /dev/scd0 is group cdrom rw. Latest updates and reboot changed nothing. Plus I am getting the k3b locale error even though I have LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8" in my /etc/default/locale.

K3b runs after the warning but the Burn CD Image dialog always displays Burn Medium: Please insert an empty CD-R(W) medium... even though there is a CD-R in the drive.

So, I have a 10.04 ISO and no way to burn it.

Code:

$ wodim --devices
wodim: Overview of accessible drives (1 found) :
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 0  dev='/dev/scd0'     rwrw-- : '_NEC' 'DVD+RW ND-5100A'
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Code:

$ k3b
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KActionCollection::KActionCollection( QObject *parent, const char *name, KInstance *instance )
(K3bDevice::HalConnection) initializing HAL >= 0.5
Mapping udi /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD_RW_ND_5100A to device /dev/scd0
/dev/scd0 resolved to /dev/scd0
/dev/scd0 is block device (0)
/dev/scd0 seems to be cdrom
bus: 1, id: 0, lun: 0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: init()
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0 feature: CD Mastering
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0 feature: CD Track At Once
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0 feature: DVD+R
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0 feature: DVD+RW
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: dataLen: 60
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for TAO
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for SAO
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for SAO_R96P
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    MODE SELECT (55)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        26
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for SAO_R96R
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for RAW_R16
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    MODE SELECT (55)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        26
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for RAW_R96P
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    MODE SELECT (55)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        26
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: checking for RAW_R96R
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::DeviceManager) setting current write speed of device /dev/scd0 to 2822
/dev/scd0 resolved to /dev/scd0
(K3bDevice::DeviceManager) dev /dev/scd0 already found
(K3bDevice::DeviceManager) found config entry for devicetype: _NEC DVD+RW ND-5100A
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP length det failed.
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP format 1 with real length 65536 failed.
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: could not get session info !
(K3bDevice::Device) could not get session info via READ TOC/PMA/ATIP.
(K3bDevice::Device) READ CAPACITY: 00:00:00 other capacity: 00:00:00
(K3bDevice::Device) READ CAPACITY: 00:00:00 other capacity: 00:00:00
Devices:
------------------------------
Blockdevice:    /dev/scd0
Generic device:
Vendor:         _NEC
Description:    DVD+RW ND-5100A
Version:        10AC
Write speed:    3324
Profiles:       DVD-ROM, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
DiskInfo:
Mediatype:       CD-ROM
Current Profile: CD-ROM
Disk state:      complete
Empty:           0
Rewritable:      0
Appendable:      0
Sessions:        0
Tracks:          0
Layers:          1
Capacity:        00:00:01 (LBA 1) (2048 Bytes)
Remaining size:  00:00:00 (LBA 0) (0 Bytes)
Used Size:       00:00:01 (LBA 1) (2048 Bytes)
Read Cap:       DVD-ROM, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW
Write Cap:      DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-R, CD-RW
Writing modes:  SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96R, RAW/R96R
Reader aliases: /dev/scd0
------------------------------
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP length det failed.
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP format 2 with real length 65536 failed.
kdecore (KAction): WARNING: KActionCollection::operator+=(): function is severely deprecated.
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP length det failed.
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP invalid length returned: 4
(K3bDevice::ScsiCommand) failed:
                           command:    READ TOC/PMA/ATIP (43)
                           errorcode:  70
                           sense key:  ILLEGAL REQUEST (5)
                           asc:        24
                           ascq:       0
(K3bDevice::Device) /dev/scd0: READ TOC/PMA/ATIP format 0 with real length 65536 failed.
(K3bDevice::Device) MMC READ TOC failed. falling back to cdrom.h.
(K3bDevice::Device) could not get toc header !
$ (K3bDevice::DeviceManager) request for empty device!

**hangfire** · April 30th, 2010

Some more info... wodim errors out as well. It seems to think a CD-R is a CD-ROM, and a DVD-R is not even there. So, it is not K3b per se, the system recognizes the drive as a burner but not the media.

Any ideas? Anyone?

**wandalalakers** · May 7th, 2010

I have several problems with k3b and kubuntu 10.04.

CDrecord error:
I get this error with kubuntu 10.04 and k3b.
I've tried running as root and the still get the same error.
I can't continue burning multisessions DVD-Rs that I created with the version of k3b found in kubuntu 8.04.
and
Can someone please explain what this means in plain english?
I get the same error as this person below.
It appears that this bug has already been reported.
I'm trying to continue burning two multsessions CDs that were created with an earlier version of k3b (kubuntu 8.04)

http://imagebin.ca/view/eIywHR.html

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230742

Description From Piotr Mitas 2010-03-14 19:09:19 (-) [reply]

Version: 1.90.0 (using 4.4.1 (KDE 4.4.1), Gentoo)
Compiler: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.33-gentoo

I have an appendable DVD-R with a 1.4 GB file on it. I want to write a 2GB file
to this disc. K3B displays the writing window and then this:
http://imagebin.ca/view/eIywHR.html. If I try writing a smaller file, it works
fine.

------- Comment #1 From Michał Małek 2010-03-14 23:13:14 (-) [reply] -------

SVN commit 1103356 by mmalek:

Wait for medium with the remaining size of last session not the whole disk.
BUG: 230742

**hangfire** · May 17th, 2010

I have a colleague who had the same basic problem, was unable to burn a 10.04 disk on 9.04 and 9.10 laptops.

If I had to hazard a guess, it would seem that old laptop IDE burner hardware is now more poorly supported after years of working great. When I get a chance I'll boot an older kernel and try to confirm that kernel updates might be the problem.

I could live with leaving old hardware behind, if only my brand-new hardware was better supported, which it is not (see my other threads).

And, oh yeah- BUMP.

-HF

**wandalalakers** · May 22nd, 2010

In order to burn DVD-Rs I ended up using new discs.
I'm going to try doing a continue multisession in three mins.
Hmmm, I just tried to do a continue multisession in a new disc created with kubuntu 10.04 and k3b and I get a please insert session to continue.
Please insert an appendable medium.
Oh well, I thought using a brand new disc in kubuntu 10.04 would have at least allowed me to continue mulsession burns.