Hi All, In re: openSUSE 11.4 x86_64, GNOME 2.3 + some KDE apps/libs I create permanent read-only data DVD backup copies of my works-in-progress roughly every week to ten days. (This is in addition to nightly 'mirror' backups via rsync to a removable hard drive.) I am suddenly unable to create data DVDs using my usual DVD-R media. The process fails in both k3b and native GNOME Nautilus/CD-DVD Creator (brasero?) All previously written discs auto-mount properly and are navigable. The last data DVD set I successfully created was on Aug. 11, 2011 I have since installed quite a number of updates as prompted by 'on-line update'. A copy of the relevant output of 'rpm -q --last' has been uploaded here for review; i.e. I've trimmed those items installed before the last successful burn: http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/latest-package-updates.txt I guess my first question concerns these updates. I don't recognize any 'core' CD/DVD burning libraries as having been affected since the last successful burn. That's probably a reflection of my lack of knowledge in this area. If you're familiar with these things, could you please take a look at the list and advise me which, if any, may have broken the configuration? I have also uploaded various 'debug outputs' and 'lastlogs' and a cropped screen capture of k3b at the point of failure for review: http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/brasero-session.log.txt http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/k3b-debugging-output.txt http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/k3b-error.png http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/k3b-lastlog.txt http://cehartung.com/dvd-debug/k3b-write-log-with-errors.txt TIA for any help & regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org