[Bug 613214] Re: Blank DVD does not get detected / cannot burn

Thu Oct 7 19:55:23 UTC 2010

As said on IRC I've started bisecting this, but ran into some problems:
1. v2.6.32 from Linus' tree (vanilla) oopses on boot (and I cannot see the whole kernel panic message); tried Ubuntu config and from "make localyesconfig"
2. I've tried 2.6.31-22-generic from the Ubuntu repos (Karmic), which also failed (although I've thought that this has regressed in Lucid). Same with 2.6.31-14-generic.

Looking at the output of "lshw", I see:
  capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram

Shouldn't "dvd-rw" show up there?

However, I am not sure to have ever burnt a DVD+RW on the device. I
think I will stick to using a DVD-R for the moment, and try other RWs
later.

** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
   Importance: High => Medium

** Summary changed:

- Blank DVD does not get detected / cannot burn
+ Blank DVD+RW does not get detected / cannot burn

** Description changed:

- Neither K3b, Brasero or the file managers (Dolphin, nautilus) detect a blank DVD, I'd like to burn onto (DVD-RW).
+ Neither K3b, Brasero or the file managers (Dolphin, nautilus) detect a blank DVD+RW, I'd like to burn onto (the drive is a LG GSA-4163B).
  This is true for the current Lucid kernel, but also for 2.6.35 from Maverick (in Maverick and Lucid) - I've just upgraded to Maverick.

  When inserting the DVD, the drive's LED provides feedback and behaves as
  always, blinking a few times, but then nothing happens in
  Ubuntu/Kubuntu.

  Audio CDs or Data CDs work fine.
  I have not tested any commercial or non-empty DVD yet.

  This appears to have regressed during Lucid development; I am quite
  certain that it was still working during the Christmas holidays in 2009
  - I cannot say when this got broken, because I rarely burn anything.

  I've tested it with the upstream kernel build (Linux base
  2.6.35-999-generic #201008060910 SMP Fri Aug 6 10:22:05 UTC 2010 i686
  GNU/Linux) and the empty disk does not get accepted with it, too.

  It appears that K3b says "No medium present" probably too early already,
  when the disk drive is still blinking (after just ~1 second after
  loading the disk); it used to take rather ~5 seconds or longer for any
  medium to get detected.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: linux-image-2.6.32-24-generic 2.6.32-24.38
  Regression: No
  Reproducible: No
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.38-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.21.
  Architecture: i386
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC1:  daniel    10873 F.... pulseaudio
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  daniel    10873 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'Live'/'SB Live! 5.1 (rev.7, serial:0x80641102) at 0x9000, irq 16'
     Mixer name	: 'SigmaTel STAC9708,11'
     Components	: 'AC97a:83847608'
     Controls      : 224
     Simple ctrls  : 45
  Card1.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:1 'Bt878'/'Brooktree Bt878 at 0xf2001000, irq 19'
     Mixer name	: 'Bt87x'
     Components	: ''
     Controls      : 3
     Simple ctrls  : 5
  Date: Tue Aug  3 23:39:43 2010
  Frequency: This has only happened once.
  GvfsMonitorLog: Monitoring events. Press Ctrl+C to quit.
  HotplugNewDevices:

  HotplugNewMounts:

  IwConfig:
   lo        no wireless extensions.

   eth0      no wireless extensions.

   vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.
  Lsusb:
   Bus 002 Device 003: ID 045e:00db Microsoft Corp. Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 V1.0
   Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1a7c:0068
   Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
   Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.32-24-generic root=/dev/mapper/fastrcvg-rootlv ro resume=/dev/fastrcvg/swaplv quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1024x768-16,mtrr=3
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=de_DE:de:en_US:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  RelatedPackageVersions: linux-firmware 1.34.1
  RfKill:

  SourcePackage: linux
  Symptom: storage
  dmi.bios.date: 03/08/2007
  dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software International, Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: F9c
  dmi.board.name: NF-CK804
  dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
  dmi.board.version: x.x
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftwareInternational,Inc.:bvrF9c:bd03/08/2007:svn:pn:pvr:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnNF-CK804:rvrx.x:cvn:ct3:cvr:

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