Dual layer burning failed

K3b produces the same error, here are the relevant lines from K3b's debugging output:

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 2957475840/8348598272 (35.4%) @4.0x, remaining 17:57 RBU 100.0% UBU 100.0%
:-[ WRITE@LBA=162280h failed with SK=4h/TRACKING SERVO FAILURE]: Input/output error
:-( write failed: Input/output error

growisofs command:
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/usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/sr0=/dev/fd/0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=tracksize:4076464 -dvd-compat -speed=4 -use-the-force-luke=bufsize:32m
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seems to be a growisofs issue, reassigning for now.

I have the same issue with wodim, when recording Double Layer DVD-R disks through k3b:

dvd_dual_layer_split: read_dvd_structure returns invalid data
Preparing middle zone location for this DVD+R dual layer disc
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... Errno: 5 (Input/output error), reserve track scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB: 53 00 00 00 00 00 3D 1D 6F 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 35 20 03 3E 73 04 00 00
Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x04 (program memory area update failure) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
cmd finished after 69.587s timeout 200s
/usr/bin/wodim: Cannot open new session.
input buffer ready.
Writing time: 69.670s
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo had 192 puts and 0 gets.
/usr/bin/wodim: fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100%.

(entire output is added as attachment)

BTW I am using Karmic beta,
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10
Codename: karmic

[patola@ubuntola Documentos]% dpkg -l | egrep -i 'k3b|dvd|wodim'
ii brasero 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 CD/DVD burning application for GNOME
ii dvd+rw-tools 7.1-4 DVD+-RW/R tools
ii k3b 1.68.0~alpha3-0ubuntu1 A sophisticated KDE CD burning application
ii k3b-data 1.68.0~alpha3-0ubuntu1 A sophisticated KDE CD burning application - d
ii libbrasero-media0 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 CD/DVD burning application for GNOME - runtime
ii libdvdnav4 4.1.3-3 DVD navigation library
ii libdvdread4 4.1.3-5ubuntu2 library for reading DVDs
ii libk3b6 1.68.0~alpha3-0ubuntu1 The KDE cd burning application library - runti
ii libk3b6-extracodecs 1.68.0~alpha3-0ubuntu1 The KDE cd burning application library - runti
ii wodim 9:1.1.9-1ubuntu2 command line CD/DVD writing tool

Same here on Ubuntu 9.10. DVD burning is completely not functional. I get the following in my dmesg:

[ 6449.830371] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.830375] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.830378] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.830381] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6449.864813] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 6449.922502] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.922507] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.922510] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.922515] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6449.932000] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.932005] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.932009] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.932013] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6449.935306] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.935311] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.935314] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.935318] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6449.981293] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.981298] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.981302] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.981306] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6449.991099] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 6449.991103] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 6449.991106] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 6449.991110] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 6560.040326] ata2.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x6 frozen
[ 6560.040352] ata2.00: cmd a0/01:00:00:00:80/00:00:00:00:00/a0 tag 0 dma 32768 out
[ 6560.040355] cdb 2a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 6560.040358] res 40/00:03:00:18:00/00:00:00:00:00/a0 Emask 0x4 (timeout)
[ 6560.040366] ata2.00: status: { DRDY }
[ 6560.040375] ata2: hard resetting link
[ 6560.390293] ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
[ 6560.403809] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 6560.418934] ata2.00: ACPI cmd ef/10:03:00:00:00:a0 filtered out
[ 6560.418979] ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
[ 6560.419376] ata2: EH complete

I have a very similar problem.
I'm running jaunty with growisofs 7.1.

sudo dvd+rw-mediainfo /dev/sr1
gave....

INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][DVDRAM GSA-H10A ][JL05]
GET [CURRENT] CONFIGURATION:
 Mounted Media: 15h, DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential
 Media ID: CMC MAG. AD8
 Current Write Speed: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s
 Write Speed #0: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s
GET [CURRENT] PERFORMANCE:
 Write Performance: 2.0x1385=2770KB/s@[0 -> 4171711]
 Speed Descriptor#0: 02/4171711 R@3.3x1385=4568KB/s W@2.0x1385=2770KB/s
READ DVD STRUCTURE[#0h]:
 Media Book Type: 00h, DVD-ROM book [revision 0]
 Legacy lead-out at: 2092896*2KB=4286251008
READ DISC INFORMATION:
 Disc status: blank
 Number of Sessions: 1
 State of Last Session: empty
 "Next" Track: 1
 Number of Tracks: 1
READ TRACK INFORMATION[#1]:
 Track State: invisible incremental
 Track Start Address: 0*2KB
 Next Writable Address: 0*2KB
 Free Blocks: 4171712*2KB
 Track Size: 4171712*2KB
READ CAPACITY: 0*2048=0

I can burn CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R DL. But when I try DVD-R DL I get

erny@mitchell:~$ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/sr1=/home/erny/tmp/xyz.iso
Executing 'builtin_dd if=/home/erny/tmp/xyz.iso of=/dev/sr1 obs=32k seek=0'
:-[ READ DVD STRUCTURE #10h failed with SK=8h/ASC=ABh/ACQ=80h]: Input/output error

The drive can burn DVD-R DL when I use Nero on Windows Pro 2000.

I hope this helps. It looks like many others are having similar problems. - Erny

Dual Layer DVD burning problems and possible workaround are described in bug #311297
Maybe this bug should be marked as a duplicate?