k3b: "Device in use - It is urged to terminate the program gvfsd-cdda before proceeding."

[Detlef Lechner]

k3b: "Device in use - It is urged to terminate the program gvfsd-cdda before proceeding."
I consider this inacceptable. I did not start "the program" gvfsd-cdda. All I have done is starting my comuter, inserted a CD and started K3b in order to rip this CD. It is not the obligation to terminate some obscure program, which the user did not start, just to be able to rip the CD which he has inserted. Rather, this is the obligation of the program K3b itself.
There are other users who have the same problem as me: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-839853.html.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: k3b 2.0.2-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-server 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-server x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Dec 9 13:17:08 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: k3b
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-29 (71 days ago)

[johnnynobody (engage1)]

The problem continues in Ubuntu x64 desktop version 13.10.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[James Cuzella (trinitronx)]

Verified it still is a problem in: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS (Trusty)

[Laugh2 (laugh2)]

Still a problem in Linux Mint 17.1 64-bit MATE (Ubuntu 14.04). K3b was able to terminate conflicting programs and read the CD. However, but the problem reoccurred after inserting the blank CD into the same drive as the source, so writing/burning was still not possible. Copying was only possible using an external/USB DVD and writing to the in-built DVD writer.

Brasero also had problems but didn't provide such an informative explanation of the problem.

[amk (9-launchpad-mikus-sk)]

Ubuntu 16.04 also impacted. First kill from k3b works ok, after changing CD the second attempt crashes the GUI session.

Launch of gvfsd-cdda should be optional. Related to https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544148

Hacked by removal of the unneeded daemon:

# pwd; ls -l gvfsd-cdda* ; cat gvfsd-cdda
/usr/lib/gvfs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 19 Aug 3 09:05 gvfsd-cdda
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 31912 May 18 2016 gvfsd-cdda-DISABLE
#!/bin/bash
exit 0

[Dominic Davis-Foster (domdf)]

Still seeing this on Ubuntu 20.04, including the GUI session crash.