Ubuntu
hal package

Writing to CD, doesn't recognise blank disc

Bug #68830 reported by Elisabeth
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
hal (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

Ubuntu 6.06. Samsung CD-R/RW drive SW-224B.

Insert blank CD; message "You have inserted a blank disc"
Select Make Data CD.
CD/DVD Creator appears.
Drag files into Creator window.
Click on Write to Disc

Message: "Insert a rewritable or blank disc"

Click on OK, message repeated. Re-insert blank CD, message repeated.
Tried different CDs.

This has only occurred since upgrade to Dapper.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. Can you copy the output of running /usr/lib/nautilus-cd-burner/list_cddrives (with an inserted medium) to a comment?

Changed in nautilus:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

could you get a lshal log too?

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Elisabeth (e-fosbrookebrown) wrote :

/usr/share/nautilus-cd-burner/list_cddrives

Drive:
  name: SAMSUNG CD-R/RW DRIVE SW-224B
  device: /dev/hdc
  door: closed
  type: CD-R, CD-RW, CD
  is mounted: FALSE
  max read speed: 40
  max write speed: 24
  write speeds: 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Media:
  label: ''
  type: CD-RW (rewritable) (blank)
  is writable: TRUE

** (process:9017): WARNING **: No property volume.disc.capacity on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_cd_rw

  size: 0.00 MiB approx. or 0 mins 0 secs
---
Drive:
  name: TSSTcorpCD/DVDW SH-W162C
  device: /dev/hdd
  door: closed
  type: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, CD, DVD
  is mounted: FALSE
  max read speed: 48
  max write speed: 48
  write speeds: 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Could not fully determine drive profile 0: Error reading disc information
Media:
  label: ''
  type: Couldn't open media
  is writable: FALSE
Could not fully determine drive profile 0: Error reading disc information
Could not fully determine drive profile 0: Error reading disc information
  size: Could not be determined

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Elisabeth (e-fosbrookebrown) wrote :

lshal output (complete)

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the hal log has no "capacity" property, look like a duplicate of bug #66254 and an hal issue

Changed in nautilus-cd-burner:
assignee: desktop-bugs → nobody
status: Needs Info → Rejected
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Madmoose (desaad) wrote :

Hello,

Ubuntu Edgy: 6.10

Serpentine 0.7 doesn't see blank disks for me too.

If you need more info just drop me an email.

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Madmoose (desaad) wrote :
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