NEC dvd-writer ND2500 cannot burn anymore

Somehow my dvd-burner is no longer correctly identified. this may have happend after the upgrade to edgy, though i'm not sure. I think the hal device information is incorrect. Nautilus keeps asking for an empty cd. The burner used to work and still works under that other OS.

Additional info:

pip@Thor:~$ /usr/lib/nautilus-cd-burner/list_cddrives

** (process:9699): WARNING **: No property volume.disc.capacity on device with id /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_unknown

<snip other drive>
---
Drive:
  name: _NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A
  device: /dev/hdd
  door: closed
  type: CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, DVD
  is mounted: FALSE
  max read speed: 0 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x)
  max write speed: 0 KiB/s (CD 0.0x, DVD 0.0x)
  write speeds:
Media:
  label: ''
  type: Unknown Media (blank)
  is writable: FALSE
  is appendable: FALSE
  capacity: Could not be determined
  size: 0.00 MiB
---

lshal output:

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model__NEC_DVD_RW_ND_2500A'
  info.addons = {'hald-addon-storage'} (string list)
  storage.policy.desired_mount_point = 'dvdrecorder' (string)
  storage.policy.mount_filesystem = 'auto' (string)
  storage.policy.should_mount = true (bool)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model__NEC_DVD_RW_ND_2500A' (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model__NEC_DVD_RW_ND_2500A' (string)
  storage.cdrom.write_speed = 0 (0x0) (int)
  storage.cdrom.read_speed = 0 (0x0) (int)
  storage.cdrom.support_media_changed = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvdrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvdr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvd = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.bdre = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.bdr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.bd = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusrdl = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdram = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdr = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvd = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.cdrw = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.cdr = true (bool)
  storage.requires_eject = true (bool)
  storage.hotpluggable = false (bool)
  info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block', 'storage.cdrom'} (string list)
  info.category = 'storage' (string)
  info.product = '_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A' (string)
  storage.removable = true (bool)
  storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_5513_ide_1_1' (string)
  storage.firmware_version = '1.06' (string)
  storage.vendor = '' (string)
  storage.model = '_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A' (string)
  storage.drive_type = 'cdrom' (string)
  storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool)
  storage.media_check_enabled = true (bool)
  storage.no_partitions_hint = true (bool)
  storage.bus = 'ide' (string)
  block.is_volume = false (bool)
  block.minor = 64 (0x40) (int)
  block.major = 22 (0x16) (int)
  block.device = '/dev/hdd' (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1039_5513_ide_1_1' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hdd' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hdd' (string)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_unknown'
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = {'hal-system-storage-eject'} (string list)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = {'as'} (string list)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = {'Eject'} (string list)
  info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume'} (string list)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_empty_unknown' (string)
  volume.disc.is_rewritable = false (bool)
  volume.disc.is_appendable = false (bool)
  volume.disc.is_blank = true (bool)
  volume.disc.has_data = false (bool)
  volume.disc.has_audio = false (bool)
  volume.disc.type = 'unknown' (string)
  volume.size = 89233686528 (0x14c6be0000) (uint64)
  volume.num_blocks = 0 (0x0) (int)
  volume.block_size = 512 (0x200) (int)
  info.capabilities = {'volume', 'block'} (string list)
  info.category = 'volume' (string)
  volume.is_partition = true (bool)
  volume.is_disc = true (bool)
  volume.is_mounted_read_only = false (bool)
  volume.is_mounted = false (bool)
  volume.mount_point = '' (string)
  volume.label = '' (string)
  volume.uuid = '' (string)
  volume.fsversion = '' (string)
  volume.fsusage = '' (string)
  volume.fstype = '' (string)
  storage.model = '' (string)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model__NEC_DVD_RW_ND_2500A' (string)
  block.is_volume = true (bool)
  block.minor = 64 (0x40) (int)
  block.major = 22 (0x16) (int)
  block.device = '/dev/hdd' (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model__NEC_DVD_RW_ND_2500A' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/hdd/fakevolume' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/hdd/fakevolume' (string)

nb. : there's an empty cd in the drive