DVD Writing software for Mandriva

hiya gods, which CD / DVD writing software do you recommend ?
because i´m having less luck than a dead parrot with k3b, and i can´t get nautilus to play nicely, or am i doing it wrong, bassically i loaded the boot file (.ISO image) and that resulted in the future disc contents to be: 3.9Gb, any ideas folks ?

BTW: I´m using Mandriva 2k6 and trying to write Debian installation .ISO

but i´ve so far been unsuccessful

 

Please try burning it in K3b, and if it fails post the verbosity here.

 

tryed again with k3b,

clicked <tools> <burn DVD ISO image> and k3b window just disapears with no error messages

EDIT: just found error log and attached it, but i don'think i worked, so, here it is

Code:

System
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K3b Version: 0.12.15

KDE Version: 3.4.2
QT Version:  3.3.4
Kernel:      2.6.12-12mdksmp
Devices
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LITE-ON DVDRW LDW-811S HS0R (/dev/hdc, ) at /mnt/cdrom [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite]

HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B 0100 (/dev/hdd, ) at /mnt/cdrom2 [CD-ROM; DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM; CD-ROM] [None]
Used versions
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growisofs: 6.1
mkisofs: 2.1.1a03

growisofs
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Size of boot image is 8188100 sectors -> /usr/bin/mkisofs: Error - boot image '/home/dave/tmp/kde-dave/k3bnhWvma.tmp' has not an allowable size.
:-( write failed: Input/output error

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/hdc -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -speed=1 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m -gui -graft-points -volid Debian -volset  -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR (C) 1998-2005 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher  -preparer  -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /home/dave/tmp/kde-dave/k3bNy1Mqc.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /home/dave/tmp/kde-dave/k3bCLjKOb.tmp -joliet -hide-joliet-list /home/dave/tmp/kde-dave/k3bGHa9qa.tmp -udf -full-iso9660-filenames -iso-level 2 -path-list /home/dave/tmp/kde-dave/k3b4iPEJb.tmp -eltorito-boot boot/debian-31r2-i386-binary-1.iso -eltorito-catalog boot/boot.cataloge 

 

try launching k3b from the shell so we get some verbage. BTW, are you using the SoS repositories?

 

[dave@localhost ~]$ k3b
[dave@localhost ~]$ QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
QMultiInputContext::changeInputMethod(): index=0, slave=xim
k3b: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libk3b.so.2: undefined symbol: _ZN3KIO9NetAcc ess12mostLocalURLERK4KURLP7QWidget
[dave@localhost ~]$

no idea!

 

I have never had any problems with K3b before, straight out of the box.
However, I had a problem with DVD/CD images which did not check properly or media which was bad. Have you checked both?
Normally with K3b you get an error message before you can burn.
I love K3b!

Then you probably not.....

 

This is going to sound stupid but... reinstall k3b. Seems like something is screwed in the libk3b.so

you could also try to load the iso file from right click in your favorite file manager.

 

Yes, and if you're running growisofs from the SoS repository, it's incompatible with KDE 3.4.3.

 

Try running the following command as root:

Code:

urpmi.removemedia

...without any arguments. Please post the results.

 

done

Code:

[dave@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost dave]# urpmi.removemedia
the entry to remove is missing
(one of Installation Free DVD (cdrom1), updates, main, contrib, jpackage, plf-fr                                           ee, plf-nonfree, SoS-2006, SoS-Xchat, SoS-Xfce)
[root@localhost dave]#

how do i remove it if its missing ?

 

I don't have an answer to this, but for a quick fix you should try installing gnomebaker. Gnomebaker is a CD/DVD burner for the GNOME interface. You should be able to find it in the Mandriva repositories

 

so i take i´ve got to logout of KDE and log into GNOME, am i right ?

 

No, Gnomebaker will work in KDE

 

I didn't want you to remove it, just run that command since it will list all of your repositories.