Hello again, Sorry the previous log was incorrect (i have canceled the burn process). The one I always get is : Devices ----------------------- HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GCA-4080N 0G34 (/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-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] [%7] System ----------------------- K3b Version: 2.0.1 KDE Version: 4.5.1 (KDE 4.5.1) QT Version: 4.7.0 Kernel: 2.6.35-22-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 : 'HL-DT-ST' Identification : 'DVD-RW GCA-4080N' Revision : '0G34' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) (current) Profile: 0x0014 (DVD-RW sequential recording) Profile: 0x0013 (DVD-RW restricted overwrite) Profile: 0x001A (DVD+RW) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc DVD-R(W) driver (mmc_mdvd). Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: PACKET SAO Drive buf size : 1114112 = 1088 KB Drive DMA Speed: 13610 kB/s 77x CD 9x DVD FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB Speed set to 11080 KB/s Track 01: data 195 MB Total size: 224 MB (22:14.76) = 100107 sectors Lout start: 224 MB (22:16/57) = 100107 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 HINT: use dvd+rw-mediainfo from dvd+rw-tools for information extraction. Blocks total: 2298496 Blocks current: 2298496 Blocks remaining: 2198389 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 ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 0 of 195 MB written. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 10 32 4D 00 0C 0C 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 27.237s timeout 200s /usr/bin/wodim: A write error occured. /usr/bin/wodim: Please properly read the error message above. Errno: 5 (Input/output error), test unit ready scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 00 00 00 00 00 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 71 00 03 00 00 00 00 10 32 4D 00 0C 0C 00 00 00 Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, deferred error, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x0C Qual 0x00 (write error) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.003s timeout 200s write track data: error after 0 bytes Writing time: 71.720s Average write speed 4.6x. Fixating... Fixating time: 0.009s /usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 191 puts and 1 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=100107s - Thanks a lot for your help Adlene