I can confirm this bug on a Panasonic W4. Debug says file /usr/bin/cdrecord cannot be found.
Removing k3b, cdrecord and wodim (--purge) and re-installing k3b does not work. The problem seems to be a missing SCSI driver. What's wrong? =============== System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.17 KDE Version: 3.5.5 QT Version: 3.3.7 Kernel: 2.6.20-3-386 Devices ----------------------- MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-823S 1.50 (/dev/scd0, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RAM; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; Restricted Overwrite] K3b ----------------------- Size of filesystem calculated: 232024 Used versions ----------------------- cdrecord: 2.1.1a03 cdrecord ----------------------- scsidev: '2,0,0' scsibus: 2 target: 0 lun: 0 scsidev: 'ATA:2,0,0' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: 2 target: 0 lun: 0 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver! For possible targets try 'wodim -scanbus'. For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'. For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from the wodim documentation. TOC Type: 3 = CD-ROM XA mode 2 cdrecord command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=2,0,0 speed=8 -tao driveropts=burnfree -eject -multi -xa -tsize=232024s - mkisofs ----------------------- 232024 I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings) mkisofs command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/X11/mkisofs -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2005 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-tinu/k3bOTToUa.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-tinu/k3b22wsfb.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-tinu/k3blFBfJa.tmp -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-tinu/k3bKpWS6a.tmp -- Feisty: Creating CD with k3b from .ISO file fails https://launchpad.net/bugs/76058 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs