Unable to read DVDs (to ISO images) in k3b

Question

k3b is working flawlessly except when I want to read existing DVDs into ISO images.
I use the "Copy DVD" option with "Only create image" checked.
The read never even starts.
Here is the output from k3b's log:
System
K3b Version: 1.0.1
KDE Version: 3.5.6
QT Version: 3.3.8
Kernel: 2.6.20-ARCH
Devices
PLEXTOR DVD-ROM PX-116A2 1.00 (/dev/sr0, ) [CD-ROM, DVD-ROM] [DVD-ROM, CD-ROM] [None]
PLEXTOR DVDR PX-708A 1.12 (/dev/sr1, ) [CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW] [DVD-ROM, DVD-R Sequential, DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite]
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A 1.W4 (/dev/sr2, ) [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-RW Restricted Overwrite, DVD-RW Sequential, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD+R Dual Layer, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96R, RAW/R96R, Restricted Overwrite]
K3bDataTrackReader
reading sectors 0 to 2155647 with sector size 2048. Length: 2155648 sectors, 4414767104 bytes.
using buffer size of 64 blocks.
Error while writing to fd 16. Current sector is 0.
Read a total of 64 sectors (131072 bytes)
Last edited by wantilles (2007-05-02 14:18:04)

Answer 1

Recently I bought a DVD burner and popped it in my 10.3.9 machine, and (after installing Patchburn) it read DVDs just fine. Whatever's going on, it's not an OS issue. If it was, can you imagine the how much noise there would be about it? Again, there have been a few posts on the forums about it, but that tells us all something -- this is an isolated issue and not a general OS issue.
Best,
~FifthWheel