I have this problem. I had used k3b on this machine before without a hitch. Now this problem has arisen. It appears as though it may have arisen after upgrading from Xubuntu i686 12.10 to 13.04. I'm fairly certain I last used K3b to burn a CD without a problem before the upgrade. My hard disks have free space. The files are being copied from an external hard drive, over USB.
To confirm, when I try to write an audio disk, k3b says: "IO Error. Most likely no space left on harddisk." dajero's suggestion looked right for me: k3b does say "no info" in the bottom right of the writing dialogue. dajero's suggestion worked for me too. I created directory: /tmp/kde- username (where username is my username). I didn't even have to restart k3b. I just closed the last failed write window and clicked burn again. It immediately performed a successful burn. The write window, however, still shows "no info" in the bottom left. When the error occurs, k3b shows only the following debugging info: Devices ----------------------- SONY CD-RW CRX217E 1DS2 (/dev/sr0, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-ROM) [CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW] [SAO, TAO, RAW, SAO/R96P, SAO/R96R, RAW/R16, RAW/R96P, RAW/R96R] [%7] System ----------------------- K3b Version: 2.0.2 KDE Version: 4.10.2 QT Version: 4.8.4 Kernel: 3.8.0-22-generic There is another directory already in tmp with a similar name, created just a short while ago - possibly about the time I started k3b. It is a temp file of the same format as the one dajero said should be created, but with 6 random characters on the end: /tmp/kde-<username><5-random- characters> I filed a bug report. ** Changed in: k3b (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to k3b in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103075 Title: Can't burn a cd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k3b/+bug/103075/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs