k3b, kde frustrations - venting.

[Robin Laing]

Antonio Olivares wrote:
> 
> --- Arthur Pemberton <pemboa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Sorry to hear that dude. My heart goes out to you.
>>All I can say is file a
>>bug report(s)
>>
>>On 12/23/05, Robin Laing
>><Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>I usually am very happy and can easily point out
>>
>>the virtues of Linux
>>
>>>over Windows.  Come today and I find that I am hit
>>
>>with this k3b, kde
>>
>>>problem and it dumps me in a major mess.
>>>
>>>I need to copy 3 DVD and I cannot get k3b to do
>>
>>it.  It won't eject
>>
>>>the media.  Crashes each time I try to burn an
>>
>>image and I am in a
>>
>>>rush as this had to be done before lunch in 10
>>
>>minutes.
>>
>>>As I try to burn just the files, I get a Error
>>
>>every time.
>>
>>>It gets to Updating RMA
>>>Then I get growisofs did not exit cleanly.
>>>
>>>While copying the CD's, it would give me an error
>>
>>that it cannot eject
>>
>>>the media after reading the CD.  
>>
> 
> This could have been a multi-session cd and the data
> part got mounted.  I have had this happen several
> times.  One thing to try and do, is make a clone image
> and make k3b force eject the cd.  I was successfull
> copying such a cd.  
> 
> For DVD's, it is a whole different story.  If the DVD
> that you want to make a copy of a dvd that is already
> 4.3GB you can make a 1-1 copy of it.  If it is the
> 8.5GB to 9GB variety(Original movie not a backup),
> you'll have to go through the trouble of transcoding
> and then authoring to fit on one and then burn it. 
> Which is a pain in the ...?  
> 
> On the brighter side, k3b is working nicer with
> versions 0.12.4 -> 0.12.9? 10.  To try it out, get the
> latest one from their homepage and compile from
> source.  The latest version(s) will work out better as
> they have worked better for me, (the no eject
> problem), I do not have it.  I am running k3b 0.12.4a.
>  
> 
> 
>>Of course this is
>>the same if I try
>>
>>>to copy a DVD.
>>>
>>>Now that I vented, have a
>>>
>>>    Merry Christmas :)
> 
> 
> Merry Christmas to you too and all users of Fedora and
> other distros too.
> 
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>>--
>>As a boy I jumped through Windows, as a man I play
>>with Penguins.
>>
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>>

It wasn't a multisession CD or DVD.  It was an issue with k3b and FC4. 
  I came across the same problem at home making a new DVD.  I have not 
had the time to look into it before I can file a bug report.