Cannot burn DVD with k3b

[Derek Broughton]

Robert Parker wrote:

> The reason I think there is a problem with K3b is that:
> 1. It is unnecessary.

It's completely necessary.  Most of us would rather drag-and-drop than build
an ISO from the command line.

> 2. There are many posts on list about problems with it.

There are many posts on the list about problems with the backends. Almost
all of them come about because the kernel developers and Jorge Schilling
(cdrecord author) can't agree on the correct way to allow a program to have
access to the CD burner.  The latest ones have been because udev refuses to
recognize the scsi-generic device as related to the burner.  In all those
cases though, cdrecord has the same problem whether you use k3b or not.

> 3. I never managed to find any problem at all using growisofs manually.

Lucky you. 

> I don't plan to
>> make backups by manually invoking a command line program with stupid
>> undocumented options like "use-the-force-luke".
> 
> 
> Neither do I. If it's undocumented how did you find out about it?

It's clearly used in the log Dotan posted.

> K3b _worked_ for Dotan - it was growisofs that failed.
> 
> So K3b can find a way to make a program that just works fail.

When was the last time you created a DVD with growisofs and Hebrew file
names?  The problem is that growisofs either doesn't have the ability to
use them, or wasn't passed the right parameter.  If you know what it needs,
I'm sure we can get k3b to pass it.
-- 
derek