DVD-Writer issues Ubuntu Linux

[Frans]

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:06:27 -0700, Lou Katz wrote:

> I am running K3b 1.0.5 and Ubuntu 8.10. 8 times out of 10, when creating
> a new data DVD with the above, the verify function fails. About half of
> that time, after ejecting the completed DVD it fails to reload it to do
> the verify. If I manually reload the DVD, K3b just sits there and never
> starts the verify. The other half of the time K3b does reload the DVD,
> but again, just hangs and never starts the verify. Quitting out of the
> task works, but the disk remains unverified.
> 
> About 2 times out of 10 it all works. This seems to be independent of
> which DVD burner I am using, as it happens on several machines with
> several different burners (including machines with more than one
> burner).
> 
> Color me confused

Looks like this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k3b/+bug/114758

On my Ubuntu 8.04 system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k3b/+bug/114758/comments/13
seems to work.

Good luck!

    -Frans