Same error here. My output: Devices ----------------------- PBDS DS-8A1P CF12 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R dwuwarstwowa, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R dwuwarstwowa) [DVD-ROM, DVD-R sekwencyjna, DVD-R dwuwarstwowa sekwencyjna, DVD+R dwuwarstwowa, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW w trybie ograniczonego zastępowania, DVD-RW sekwencyjny, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R dwuwarstwowa, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [Sesja naraz (SAO), TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, Surowe/R16, Surowe/R96P, Surowe/R96R, Ograniczone zastępowanie., Przeskok warstwy] [%7] System ----------------------- K3b Version: 1.91.0 KDE Version: 4.4.2 (KDE 4.4.2) QT Version: 4.6.2 Kernel: 2.6.32-19-generic Used versions ----------------------- cdrecord: 1.1.10 cdrecord ----------------------- scsidev: '/dev/sr0' devname: '/dev/sr0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.10 SCSI buffer size: 64512 Beginning DMA speed test. Set CDR_NODMATEST environment variable if device communication breaks or freezes immediately after that. TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM Driveropts: 'burnfree' Device type : Removable CD-ROM Version : 5 Response Format: 2 Capabilities : Vendor_info : 'PBDS ' Identification : 'DS-8A1P ' Revision : 'CF12' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x001B (DVD+R) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) (current) Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) Profile: 0x0016 (DVD-R/DL layer jump recording) Profile: 0x0015 (DVD-R/DL sequential recording) Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) Profile: 0x0012 (DVD-RAM) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Profile: 0x0002 (Removable disk) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1029888 = 1005 KB FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB Speed set to 11080 KB/s Track 01: data 2591 MB Total size: 2975 MB (294:47.89) = 1326592 sectors Lout start: 2975 MB (294:49/67) = 1326592 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction. Blocks total: 2295104 Blocks current: 2295104 Blocks remaining: 968512 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 8.0 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 2 seconds. 1 seconds. 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 53 00 00 00 00 00 14 3E 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 52.625s timeout 200s /usr/bin/wodim: Cannot open new session. input buffer ready. Writing time: 52.681s /usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 192 puts and 0 gets. /usr/bin/wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%. cdrecord command: ----------------------- /usr/bin/wodim -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/sr0 speed=8 -sao driveropts=burnfree -data -tsize=1326592s - Regards.