On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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.
My money is on a dying DVD burner/laser...
