k3b for kde4 in kubuntu jaunty?

[Nils Kassube]

Luka Renko wrote:
> Tonio has prepared test packages for KDE4 k3b and they are available
> in his PPA:
> https://launchpad.net/~tonio/+archive/ppa
>
> He updates this packages regularly from KDE SVN, but we have received
> mixed results when testing (works for some people, but not all
> functionality - for example burning ISO images to DVD-RW was reported
> to not work for some people).
> We would appreciate any tester from the community that can spend some
> time on this. We are interested in testing various functionality of
> k3b. Please test and report both success as well as problems to
> kubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com or in #kubuntu-devel on IRC.

My DVD writer is a NEC DVD_RW ND-6750A, system is Jaunty i386. These are 
my test results with the k3b version from the ppa 
(1.0.5+kde4svn939866-0ubuntu1):

* New data project.

I added one file to the project and try to start burning to a non-empty 
DVD+RW (with udf data on it). Error messages:

[x] can't open for write
(i) it may take some time to empty the cache
[x] :-( /dev/sr0:304 doesn't look like isofs!

where [x] is a white cross in a red square and (i) is a white "i" in a 
blue circle. BTW: the first 2 lines are my translation from German.

This is the end of ~/.kde/share/apps/k3b/lastlog.log:

1 -sort /tmp/kde-nils/k3bKS4952.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-nils/k3bDj4952.tmp -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet-list /tmp/kde-nils/k3bse4952.tmp -no-cache-inodes -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 
2 -path-list /tmp/kde-nils/k3buo4952.tmp 
[mkisofs] Rock Ridge signatures found

[mkisofs] Rock Ridge signatures found
[mkisofs] 304
[K3b::IsoImager] mkisofs print size result: 304 (622592 bytes)
[Used versions] growisofs: 7.1
[Burned media] DVD+RW
[growisofs command:] /usr/bin/growisofs -C 
16,304 -M /dev/sr0=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=4gms -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:304 -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m 
[growisofs] Executing 'builtin_dd if=/dev/fd/0 of=/dev/sr0 obs=32k 
seek=19'
[growisofs] /dev/sr0: flushing cache
[growisofs] :-( /dev/sr0:304 doesn't look like isofs!

There seems to be a problem detecting the right multi session mode 
because when I selected "no multisession" or "start multi session" 
instead of "automatic" or the other modes I could burn the dvd OK.

However after burning the dvd, k3b died when it should have verified the 
data (if I don't select verify k3b does stay alive). This is the end of 
~/.kde/share/apps/k3b/lastlog.log after k3b died:

[cdrecord] Fixating time:    0.366s
[cdrecord] /usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 10 puts and 10 gets.
[cdrecord] /usr/bin/wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min 
fill was 100%.
[K3b::DataTrackReader] reading sectors 0 to 303 with sector size 2048. 
Length: 304 sectors, 622592 bytes.

I couldn't find any other file with possible information about the 
crash.

* Erase CD-RW: OK.

* Write ISO image to CD-RW:

After selecting the image file (xubuntu image) there is an error 
message "md5-sum: calculation failed" (my translation).

Burning is OK without verify, k3b dies after burning OK when it should 
verify the data (see above).

* New Audio CD (medium = CD-RW):

When the burning procedure is started, there are 2 wodim processes but 
nothing happens (no I/O activity) even after 1/4 hour. Only if I select 
to create an image, it works and the audio CD is burned OK.


Nils