DVD writing issues

[Keith Clark]

I cannot seem to be able to write to my DVD player using any software.
K9, K3B, Brasero, any of them.  I have the correct medium for my player,
DVD+RW and it just will not format or write.

I get the following when trying to format using K3B:

System
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K3b Version: 1.0.5

KDE Version: 3.5.10
QT Version:  3.3.8b
Kernel:      2.6.28-11-generic
Devices
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PIONEER DVDRW   DVR-K15 1.11 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM,
DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential,
DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, 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, Restricted Overwrite]

dvd+rw-format
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* BD/DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro at fy.chalmers.se>, version 7.1.
* 4.7GB DVD+RW media detected.
0.0%
|
/
-
2.3%
4.8%
7.4%
9.9%
12.5%
15.0%
17.6%
20.2%
22.7%
25.3%
27.5%
30.1%
32.7%
35.2%
37.8%
40.3%
42.6%
45.2%
47.7%
50.3%
52.8%
55.4%
57.9%
60.5%:-[ STOP DE-ICING failed with SK=5h/MEDIUM NOT FORMATTED]: Wrong
medium type

dvd+rw-format command:
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/usr/bin/dvd+rw-format -gui -force /dev/sr0