Hi,

I'm having trouble with k3b who continually gives the message "media not present". There is media present though. I have put multiple blank DVDs in the device but k3b doesn't see them.

I'm attempting a "new video DVD" and have dragged the files into their locations. When I poke burn I get a dialogue that claims "no media present".

I have checked out the latest k3b from the git repository and built it successfully.

Any/all help/hints/tips/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

George...


device perms are:

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 17:50 cdrom -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 21:18 cdrom1 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 21:18 cdrw1 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 21:18 dvd1 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 21:18 dvdrw1 -> sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Jul 18 21:18 scd0 -> sr0
brwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11, 0 Jul 18 21:18 sr0


cd-drive says:

cd-drive version 0.82 x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 R. Bernstein
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Drivers available...
GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver
cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver
bin/cuesheet disk image driver
Nero NRG disk image driver

Drive /dev/sr0
CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3

Vendor : Slimtype
Model : DVD A DS8A5SH
Revision : XAA2
Profile List Feature
DVD+R Double Layer - DVD Recordable Double Layer
DVD+R - DVD Recordable
DVD+RW - DVD ReWritable
Unknown Profile 16
Unknown Profile 15
Re-recordable DVD using Sequential recording
Re-recordable DVD using Restricted Overwrite
Re-writable DVD
Re-recordable DVD using Sequential recording
Read only DVD
CD-RW Re-writable Compact Disc capable
Write once Compact Disc capable
Read only Compact Disc capable

Core Feature

Morphing Feature
Operational Change Request/Notification supported
Synchronous GET EVENT/STATUS NOTIFICATION supported

Removable Medium Feature
Tray type loading mechanism
can eject the medium or magazine via the normal START/STOP command
can be locked into the Logical Unit

Write Protect Feature

Random Readable Feature

Multi-Read Feature

CD Read Feature
C2 Error pointers are supported
CD-Text is supported

DVD Read Feature

Random Writable Feature

Incremental Streaming Writable Feature

Formattable Feature

Management Ability of the Logical Unit/media system to provide an apparently defect-free space. Feature

Restricted Overwrite Feature

CD-RW CAV Write Feature

DVD+RW Feature

DVD+R Feature

Rigid Restricted Overwrite Feature

CD Track at Once Feature

CD Mastering (Session at Once) Feature

DVD-R/RW Write Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

Profile List Feature

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Profile List Feature

Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD
Can eject : Yes
Can close tray : Yes
Can disable manual eject : Yes
Can select juke-box disc : No

Can set drive speed : No
Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes
Can hard reset device : Yes

Reading....
Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes
Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes
Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes
Can read C2 Errors : Yes
Can read IRSC : Yes
Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes
Can play audio : Yes
Can read CD-DA : Yes
Can read CD-R : Yes
Can read CD-RW : Yes
Can read DVD-ROM : Yes

Writing....
Can write CD-RW : Yes
Can write DVD-R : Yes
Can write DVD-RAM : Yes
Can write DVD-RW : No
Can write DVD+RW : No

Dumb question maybe, but: is the CD drive mounted automatically when an already written CD is inserted? Else you might have to check your settings in /etc/fstab

Also, which version of KDE are you using? Depending on the version, either HAL or UDisks must be present and running on your system for KDE to be aware of the optical drive, and capable of detecting media in it.

Thanks for your responses.

Apparently this system can no longer recognize that there is media in the drive. The hardware does see the drive though, AND, I have booted recently from this device, so It's possible that it's a KDE problem. My KDE is at 4.8.5, the latest from Fedora Core 16 x86_64.

The k3b from the distribution started failing so I went to the source code and built k3b myself. This resulted in the same symptoms.

# psg hal
hal
F S UID PID PPID CLS PRI ADDR SZ WCHAN STIME TTY TIME CMD
psg udisk
udisk
F S UID PID PPID CLS PRI ADDR SZ WCHAN STIME TTY TIME CMD
4 S root 17351 1 TS 19 - 32493 poll_s Jul18 ? 00:00:11 /usr/libexec/udisks-daemon --no-debug
1 S root 17363 17351 TS 19 - 11886 poll_s Jul18 ? 00:00:00 udisks-daemon: not polling any devices

Does the output of the following command mention that media is present in the drive?

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udisks --dump

Check your total file size versus the available space on the media. I tried to burn an ISO image to a CD-r and was getting the same message. I used 'Device -> Media Info' from the K3B menu to see what it said the media space was. The CD-r was recognized and listed at 650.1MB while the ISO I was trying to burn was listed at 679.3MB. Go figure, it was an older CD-r I had laying around. Put in a newer 700MB CD-r and K3B was happy to offer to burn it. Image that, a CD/DVD burn app that doesn't even warn you that you don't have enough space on the currently inserted media... Thankfully, we have KCalc...