Public bug reported: I burnt one ISO by right click->write to disc and it all want well and the CD is used to install Xubuntu so I know it is ok. When I tried to burn a second CD the drive icon never showed up on the desktop when I inserted an empty CD-R disc. Nautilus-cd-burner informed me that it could not find a suitable media to write the disc on but the device was listed in the pulldown. I tried in several ways to have the drive and media to be detected:
- pulled the firewire connector and connected it agian - changed the CD-R disc Lastly I rebooted and it was detected normally with same CD-R disc and i could proceed. The error is not repeatable su I guess I had a bad Karma for the day or something. Here is suspected lines from /var/log/syslog. I am using a fully updated Dapper 386 installation. Nov 5 16:50:39 max-desktop kernel: [17188680.576000] scsi2 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices Nov 5 16:50:40 max-desktop kernel: [17188681.684000] ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device Nov 5 16:50:41 max-desktop kernel: [17188681.988000] Vendor: Slimtype Model: DVDRW SOSW-852S Rev: PRS9 Nov 5 16:50:41 max-desktop kernel: [17188681.988000] Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Nov 5 16:50:46 max-desktop kernel: [17188686.956000] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Nov 5 16:50:46 max-desktop kernel: [17188686.956000] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20 Nov 5 16:50:46 max-desktop kernel: [17188686.988000] sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 Nov 5 16:50:49 max-desktop kernel: [17188690.444000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! Nov 5 17:19:22 max-desktop -- MARK -- Nov 5 17:39:09 max-desktop kernel: [17191590.568000] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize! Nov 5 17:40:12 max-desktop kernel: [17191652.624000] loop: loaded (max 8 devices) Nov 5 17:45:14 max-desktop kernel: [17191954.972000] scsi: unknown opcode 0x01 Nov 5 17:57:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192697.164000] sr 2:0:0:0: Nov 5 17:57:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192697.164000] command: Read TOC/PMA/ATIP: 43 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0c 40 Nov 5 17:57:46 max-desktop kernel: [17192707.164000] sr 2:0:0:0: Nov 5 17:57:46 max-desktop kernel: [17192707.164000] command: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 5 17:57:56 max-desktop kernel: [17192717.164000] sr 2:0:0:0: Nov 5 17:57:56 max-desktop kernel: [17192717.164000] command: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 5 17:58:16 max-desktop kernel: [17192737.168000] sr 2:0:0:0: Nov 5 17:58:16 max-desktop kernel: [17192737.168000] command: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 5 17:58:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192757.172000] sr 2:0:0:0: Nov 5 17:58:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192757.172000] command: Test Unit Ready: 00 00 00 00 00 00 Nov 5 17:58:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192757.172000] sr 2:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery Nov 5 17:58:36 max-desktop kernel: [17192757.172000] sr0: Hmm, seems the drive doesn't support multisession CD's Nov 5 18:19:22 max-desktop -- MARK -- Nov 5 18:39:23 max-desktop -- MARK -- Nov 5 18:50:29 max-desktop kernel: [17195869.908000] scsi3 : SCSI emulation for IEEE-1394 SBP-2 Devices Nov 5 18:50:30 max-desktop kernel: [17195871.016000] ieee1394: sbp2: Logged into SBP-2 device Nov 5 18:50:30 max-desktop kernel: [17195871.320000] Vendor: Slimtype Model: DVDRW SOSW-852S Rev: PRS9 Nov 5 18:50:30 max-desktop kernel: [17195871.320000] Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 Nov 5 18:50:35 max-desktop kernel: [17195876.288000] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Nov 5 18:50:35 max-desktop kernel: [17195876.288000] sr 3:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 Nov 5 18:51:41 max-desktop gconfd (max-4893): Avslutar ** Affects: nautilus-cd-burner (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- Occationally failure to write CD-R requires reboot https://launchpad.net/bugs/70467 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs