I have tried this drive under WinXP and it seems it does not like Verbatim DVD-R 16x media. But I have tried another box and it seems to be OK. Very strange. Here is some log output when I tried to read burnt DVD-R:
May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.672236] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.672238] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.679423] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.679426] sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.681517] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.681519] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.683877] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.683881] sr0: rw=0, want=1252, limit=4 May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.684177] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.684181] sr0: rw=0, want=1028, limit=4 May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.684538] UDF-fs: No partition found (1) May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.700901] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.700904] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.702064] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.702067] sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.702363] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16 May 20 21:14:23 localhost kernel: [ 1784.719572] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 20 21:14:55 localhost kernel: [ 1816.934894] NET: Registered protocol family 4 May 20 21:14:55 localhost kernel: [ 1817.032953] NET: Registered protocol family 3 May 20 21:14:55 localhost kernel: [ 1817.062692] NET: Registered protocol family 5 May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.328274] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.328277] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.329104] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.329107] sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.330781] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.330784] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.332914] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.332919] sr0: rw=0, want=1252, limit=4 May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.332924] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.332926] sr0: rw=0, want=1028, limit=4 May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.332930] UDF-fs: No partition found (1) May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.345694] sr: Current: sense key: Medium Error May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.345696] Additional sense: Unable to recover table-of-contents May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.346520] attempt to access beyond end of device May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.346523] sr0: rw=0, want=68, limit=4 May 20 21:18:34 localhost kernel: [ 2035.346526] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sr0, iso_blknum=16, block=16 May 20 21:21:12 localhost kernel: [ 2193.190428] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 20 21:29:25 localhost kernel: [ 2684.997802] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 20 21:30:01 localhost kernel: [ 2720.454700] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! May 20 21:30:17 localhost kernel: [ 2736.823830] res 40/00:03:00:00:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout) May 20 21:30:24 localhost kernel: [ 2743.809182] ata4: port is slow to respond, please be patient (Status 0xd0) May 20 21:30:47 localhost kernel: [ 2766.778510] ata4: soft resetting port -- LG GSA-H30N (SATA) reboots computer when K3B finishes writing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/115647 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs