Comment 29 for bug 181703

I'm a single user on this machine with an always up network connection.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Stephen Irons <email address hidden>wrote:

> Same problem with Intrepid 32 bit: cannot burn a blank CD-R as Brasero
> reports its size as 0 min.
>
> A few days ago, however, I did manage to burn a blank CD-R. There were
> two differences:
>
> 1. I was at work and had an Ethernet network connected, so network
> manager reported the network as being on-line. At home I use dialup.
> Does Brasero use the network?
>
> 2. I had only logged on as myself, with a DVD in the drive. When I have
> not been able to burn, I was the second or third (or more) user to log
> on (we share a computer) at home). Perhaps the first person to log on
> grabs access to the DVD-RW drive and prevents subsequent users from
> accessing it?
>
> --
> Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703
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> of a duplicate bug.
>
> Status in A disc burning application for gnome 2: Unknown
> Status in "brasero" source package in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: brasero
>
> when I have an audio CD in, Brasero thinks there is no disk. When a blank
> CD-R is in, it says the disk is not writable. So any copying/burning is
> impossible. Icons for Audio CD and blank CD-r come up on the desktop when I
> put them in though.
>