Same error, ASUS DRW-1608P3S drive, worked great in Feisty. Kubuntu 7.10, 64-bit, generic kernel. Debug output: K3b Version: 1.0.3 KDE Version: 3.5.8 QT Version: 3.3.7 Kernel: 2.6.22-14-generic Devices ----------------------- ASUS DRW-1608P3S 1.24 (/dev/scd0, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential, DVD-R Dual Layer Jump, DVD-RAM, 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, Layer Jump] Used versions ----------------------- cdrecord: 1.1.6 cdrecord ----------------------- /usr/bin/wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits. scsidev: '/dev/scd0' devname: '/dev/scd0' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Wodim version: 1.1.6 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 : 'ASUS ' Identification : 'DRW-1608P3S ' Revision : '1.24' Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW. Current: 0x0009 (CD-R) Profile: 0x002B (DVD+R/DL) Profile: 0x001B (DVD+R) 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: 0x0002 (Removable disk) Profile: 0x0011 (DVD-R sequential recording) Profile: 0x0010 (DVD-ROM) Profile: 0x000A (CD-RW) Profile: 0x0009 (CD-R) (current) Profile: 0x0008 (CD-ROM) Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver (mmc_cdr). Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R16 RAW/R96P RAW/R96R Drive buf size : 1267712 = 1238 KB FIFO size : 12582912 = 12288 KB Track 01: data 697 MB Total size: 800 MB (79:19.17) = 356938 sectors Lout start: 800 MB (79:21/13) = 356938 sectors Current Secsize: 2048 ATIP info from disk: Indicated writing power: 5 Is not unrestricted Is not erasable Disk sub type: Medium Type A, high Beta category (A+) (3) ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66) ATIP start of lead out: 359846 (79:59/71) Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) Manuf. index: 3 Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation Blocks total: 359846 Blocks current: 359846 Blocks remaining: 2908 Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 40.0 in real SAO mode for single session. Last chance to quit, starting real write in 2 seconds. Speed set to 7056 KB/s 1 seconds. 0 seconds. Operation starts. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. Performing OPC... Sending CUE sheet... Errno: 5 (Input/output error), write_g1 scsi sendcmd: no error CDB: 2A 00 FF FF FF 89 00 00 1F 00 status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 21.401s timeout 200s Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 write track pad data: error after 63488 bytes BFree: 1000 K BSize: 1000 K Starting new track at sector: 0 Track 01: 0 of 697 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 05 00 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 00 30 05 00 00 Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 Sense Code: 0x30 Qual 0x05 (cannot write medium - incompatible format) Fru 0x0 Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) cmd finished after 0.006s timeout 200s /usr/bin/wodim: A write error occured. /usr/bin/wodim: Please properly read the error message above. write track data: error after 0 bytes Writing time: 41.272s Average write speed 179.5x. Fixating... Fixating time: 0.101s /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/scd0 speed=40 -dao driveropts=burnfree -overburn -data -tsize=356938s -