'Blank DVD-ROM Disc: not enough free space'

[Ron Jones]

Binary package hint: brasero

When using the 1:1 disc copy utility, I insert the DVD from which I want to create a backup ISO.

The Image burning setup dialog box contains the following:

Select a disc image to write
"file_name.iso": 7.8 GB

Select a disc to write to
"Blank DVD-ROM Disc: not enough free space"

Please choose another CD or DVD or insert a new one
The data size is too large for the disc
even with the overburn option.

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When last I checked, a blank DVD-ROM Disc held 8+ GB of information. Is this a failing of Brasero?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: brasero 2.32.0-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.35-generic-pae 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Nov 14 22:11:47 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/brasero
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: brasero

[Christian Reis (kiko)]

Note that you can actually record using wodim/cdrecord; it's just that Brasero (and Nautilus' built-in CD burning dialogs) say the CD has "not enough free space". I'm getting this on a Thinkpad T60 trying to record a blank (fresly unwrapped) CD-RW.