k3b crashes midway through creating dvd image

[djrb]

Binary package hint: k3b

Trying to backup a 5.x gig DVD. k3b crashes without warning after having written a 4G iso file on disc, which i suppose is incomplete.

the dvd is brand new
drive is:

matshita uj-822d
dev/hdb
firmware 1.00
does everything but write dual layer dvds (- or +)
cdrdao driver auto
cd-text capable auto
supports burnfree
modes: sao; tao; restricted overwrite

this is on an asus v6v laptop running ubuntu edgy, kernel 2.6.17-10-386 patched with suspend2, otherwise default.

[djrb (david-bourget)]

ok, found the solution. this isn't really a bug in k3b. i was writing to a fat32 partition. the image creation didn't complete because of the 4GB limit on fat32 files.

however, there is a bug in the fact that k3b crashes madly instead of giving an intelligible report on the problem. compare its behavior with the seemingly not user friendly dd:

dd if=/dev/hdb of=dvd.iso
File size limit exceeded (core dumped)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I see this message "Program terminated with signal 25, File size limit exceeded" in the crash report. But I get the impression that k3b did not return this in a more useful way like in a dialog box. Is that correct? If so could you attach a screenshot of the crash behaviour? Thanks in advance.

[Mario Đanić (mario-danic)]

Does it still behaves oddly with feisty/gutsy?

[Jack (h3rt3q)]

i had the same problem too. i cant write the iso image to a fat32 file system. it stops on 4G. how do i fix this?

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Is this crash still an issue in Kubuntu 9.10?

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