When trying to burn an iso with K3b, I am receiving message "cdrecord returned an unknown error (code 255)."

Below is the debugging output received. I am using PCLinuxOS64 - KDE and am current on updates. Less than two week ago, I burned an iso in the same manner with no problems.



I have read the K3b manual and searched my PCLOS forum and this KDE forum without identifying a solution. Thanks ahead of time for your assistance.


Debugging Output:

Devices
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HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP21 1.00 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD+RW) [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Layer Jump] [%7]

K3b::IsoImager
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mkisofs print size result: 329686 (675196928 bytes)

System
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K3b Version: 2.0.2
KDE Version: 4.11.3
QT Version: 4.8.5
Kernel: 3.4.52-pclos1

Used versions
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mkisofs: 1.1.11
cdrecord: 1.1.11

cdrecord
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scsidev: '/dev/sr0'
devname: '/dev/sr0'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27
Wodim version: 1.1.11
SCSI buffer size: 64512
/usr/bin/wodim: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target.
Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device
communication breaks or freezes immediately after that.
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
Driveropts: 'burnfree'
Device type : CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identification : 'DVD-RAM GH22NP21'
Revision : '1.00'
Device seems to be: Generic CD-ROM.
Using generic SCSI-2 CD-ROM driver (scsi2_cd).
Driver flags :
Supported modes:
FIFO size : 4194304 = 4096 KB
/usr/bin/wodim: Drive does not support TAO recording.
/usr/bin/wodim: Illegal write mode for this drive.

cdrecord command:
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/usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=48 -tao driveropts=burnfree -overburn -data -tsize=329686s -

mkisofs
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329686
I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)

mkisofs calculate size command:
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/usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -print-size -quiet -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2010 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND MICHAL MALEK -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bO13945.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bG13945.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bq13945.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 3 -path-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bf13945.tmp

mkisofs command:
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/usr/bin/genisoimage -gui -graft-points -volid K3b data project -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2010 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND MICHAL MALEK -publisher -preparer -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bA13945.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bL13945.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bS13945.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 3 -path-list /home/bill/tmp/kde-bill/k3bZ13945.tmp


billh

Have you performed any updates recently? Does the burning process actually begin, or does it immediately fail?

I observe the following bits of information from the output which seem relevant:

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/usr/bin/wodim: Sorry, no CD/DVD-Recorder or unsupported CD/DVD-Recorder found on this target.
/usr/bin/wodim: Drive does not support TAO recording.
/usr/bin/wodim: Illegal write mode for this drive.

Perhaps you could check the burning settings, and verify that TAO is not selected?