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After the tools report a successful burn, the disk appears to be blank. I tried the burn with brasero and k3b multiple times.

Any suggestions to actually burn the CD?

Jens Erat
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  • Do you run Ubuntu 32bit or 64bit ubuntu? K3b seems to have a bug for 64bit ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k3b/+bug/978621 – Taz D. Sep 13 '14 at 16:32
  • it could be due to `cdrkit` [the back-end], you should try `cdrtools` [ppa](https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider/+archive/ubuntu/cdrtools) instead – ustick Apr 26 '18 at 12:17

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I had once that problem: - disc ain't closing properly - disc is low quality - lens from burner is worn out

If the disk is really burning (you can see the tracks) check other it with different driver.

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Use root privileges(may not be the best option, but this seems to be the only solution right now) Open terminal and type sudo k3b.

I was on 64 bit Ubuntu 16.04. Opening the application this way solved the issue for me.

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    running `k3b` with root privileges is **not a good idea™**. – guntbert Dec 18 '17 at 17:57
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    According to this bug report https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/k3b/+bug/978621 , this might be the only option we have untill its fixed – lordvcs Dec 18 '17 at 18:02