k3b still has verify problems

[Michael Schwendt]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:12:44 -0600, Rex Dieter wrote:

> Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> > Considering that KDE is still in flux a bit I'd lean towards k3b having
> > issues rather than the underlying system, 
> 
> The k3b application, for the most part, has remained unchanged since f7, so
> no real flux in this case.  Things "broke" at some point with a *kernel*
> update (in f7 time-frame), and has remained in various forms since.  You be
> the judge.

Still, it could need a work-around in k3b, e.g. making sure the medium is
accessible/readable prior to calculating the written image checksum.
Whether that is done in the k3b code so far is not clear. The symptoms
have changed to "No tracks to verify found", so it doesn't even start to
calculate a checksum. Problems with reloading the open tray could be
separate issues.

I'm not aware of any breakage in f7 time-frame, but f8:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440343#c4

The k3b upstream ticket is in state "UNCONFIRMED" since February, since
none of the bug reporters has the permission to change the state, and
Sebastian Trüg or another upstream dev has not added a comment yet either.

The problem is not specific to Fedora, but at the same pace new Fedora
kernels are released, I would have to retest CD-RW and DVD-R burning
frequently. Currently I believe that CD-RW no longer suffer from the
problem. DVD-R cannot be verified automatically. Multi-session DVD-R
cannot be mounted automatically by Fedora, i.e. the underlying system
also fails to recognise any written track.