restoring brasero and libbrasero-media0 to ver. 2.27.92-0ubuntu2 restores full functions of all cd/dvd drives and gksu nautilus is now also functional, both from Alt+F2 (preferred method ) and terminal.
The only caveat to gksu ... is the drive(s) cannot be an an 'open' state, particularly sr0
and just as a final note
restoring brasero and libbrasero-media0 to ver. 2.27.92-0ubuntu2 restores full functions of all cd/dvd drives and gksu nautilus is now also functional, both from Alt+F2 (preferred method ) and terminal.
The only caveat to gksu ... is the drive(s) cannot be an an 'open' state, particularly sr0