F8 k3b problem or just random glitch?

[Michael Schwendt]

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:13:03 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote:

> I left a DVD-R being written by K3B, and when I came back
> later, it said the verify failed because there were
> no tracks to verify.
> 
> However, when I mounted the dvd and did a sha1sum of the
> files I'd backed up, they matched perfectly the files on
> the DVD.
> 
> Can I attribute this to random cosmic rays or something?
> Or has the new kernel screwed up something k3b depends on?
> Or has some new "helpful" security feature made k3b fail?
> (I guess I'll see what happens the next time I have a
> chunk of files to backup :-).
> 
> I have certainly done a backup with verify via k3b many
> times before under F8 with no problems, but this may be the
> first time since fedora 8 got a 2.6.25 kernel.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/440343

As a work-around, downgrade to the older kernel mentioned in my
sig. You can fetch it from koji, for example.

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