Cannot open blank DVDs under 14.04

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:08:49 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Friday 19 September 2014 03:55:40 Phil did opine
> And Gene did reply:
> > Thank you for reading this.
> > 
> > I've spent most of the day trying to install Xubuntu on a friend's
> > laptop that is currently running a very sick version of Vista.
> > 
> > I have two laptops; one runs Kubuntu 14.04 and the other Xubuntu 14.04
> > but neither will detect blank DVDs. They both will open pre-recorded
> > DVDs, so the drives are not faulty. Both had version 13.04 installed
> > previously and did detect blank DVDs. So either I have missed something
> > obvious or 14.04 is the problem.
> > 
> > My Kubuntu laptop has Vista installed as well and it will detect blank
> > DVDs. So I installed unetbootin under Windows, which was an exercise in
> > frustration in itself, but unetbootin does not see my USB DVD drive
> > (the internal drive is faulty).
> > 
> > My friend wants to throw the laptop into the bin but I'd like to show
> > that Linux can save a little bit of landfill. So, can anyone suggest
> > why both of my DVD drives cannot see a blank disc but can see a
> > pre-recorded disk? One of the pre-recorded disks was recorded under
> > 13.04 on the same USB disc drive.
> 
> It would help if you named the program that can't see the blanks.  I use 
> K3B here, with all its dependencies installed, and historically, when I 
> have that sort of problems, its always been because the drive was failing.
> 
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

It could also be because the media is bad and thus not recognized.

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