This is more a feature request than a report of a problem. Well, it is a problem for me, I reckon =8^). K3B used to offer the option of complete erasure of a disc. However, I noticed that that option no longer existed with v.1.0.1, so I upgraded to v.1.0.2 and the option is still gone. Has the feature been eliminated because of anything to do with the DCMA? Reproducible: Always tbill@Shooter ~ $ emerge --info Portage 2.1.3_rc6 (default-linux/amd64/2006.1, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.5-r3, 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.20-gentoo-r5 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 FX-70 Processor Gentoo Base System release 1.12.10 Timestamp of tree: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:00:01 +0000 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r4 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r5 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r7 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10 sys-devel/binutils: 2.17 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.3.16 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.21 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -msse3 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -msse3 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="ccache distlocks metadata-transfer parallel-fetch sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --delete-after --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --filter=H_**/files/digest-*" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X a52 aac aalib acpi alsa amd64 berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia cdr clamav cli cracklib crypt dri dvd dvdr dvdread ffmpeg fortran gdbm gif gpm gstreamer hal iconv isdnlog jpeg jpeg2k kde libg++ lm_sensors midi mplayer mudflap ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia openal opengl openmp pam pcre perl pppd python reflection samba session spell spl ssl tcpd tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" Unset: CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
So I presume "Erase CD-RW..." in the "Tools" menu doesn't do what you're looking for? Trying to reproduce your problem, I've burned some junk on a CD-RW, checked the junk was really burned, selected "Erase CD-RW" and the junk was gone afterwards.
(In reply to comment #0) > Has the feature been eliminated because of anything to do with the DCMA? Uhm? And what's said in the comment above; works for me.
Feel free to re-open if the above is not what you meant. This definitely doesn't have anything to do with the DMCA. Now playing: YMCA! ;-)
note the Severity entry - I entered "enhancement", although I actually am lobbying for the return of the option of complete erasure. If you'll check in the k3b "erase cd-rw" box, under "medium" (which is a drop-down selection menu), there is another box entitled "erase type" (also a drop-down selection menu box), only this box is now empty, where before one had the choice of "quick" or "complete" erasure. It was often a very useful choice to have if one wanted a completely erased cd-rw disc, because the "quick" erasure ONLY erases the TOC on the disc.
I think that this is an upstream issue which should be filed against k3b. We do not have the developer resources to maintain feature enhancements for applications like this. Doing so can introduce new bugs and make it more difficult to diagnose issues with our patches or the upstream source. I am sure if you approach the upstream authors they will consider what you say and patches applied there will benefit users of all distributions.
