Comment 24 for bug 397906

I still have this problem using latest updates from today and kernel :

uname -a
Linux robert-laptop 2.6.31-13-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 10 15:27:14 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I'm using a external drive connected via USB. Here's what dmesg says after inserting a blank cd:

[ 82.780228] usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[ 82.935240] usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[ 82.956713] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 82.957632] scsi6 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[ 82.957788] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 82.957792] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 82.958274] usb-storage: device found at 3
[ 82.958276] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[ 87.950709] usb-storage: device scan complete
[ 87.962332] scsi 6:0:0:0: CD-ROM Iomega Slimline DVD HP81 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 88.095008] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/8x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda pop-up
[ 88.095014] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 88.095157] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 88.095243] sr 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
[ 162.826855] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 162.826864] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 162.826870] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 162.826877] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 162.826884] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0
[ 162.896200] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 162.896209] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 162.896216] sr 6:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Logical block address out of range
[ 162.896223] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 0
[ 162.896230] Buffer I/O error on device sr0, logical block 0

ubuntu does not detect the inserted cd as a blank one and e.g. brasero wont burn on it.
I can burn cd's with Windows 7 or Windows XP.
hope this information helps solving this bug.

regards
robert