write to disc dialog shows "No disc available", re-insert allows successful burn but still shows "No disc available"

[Eemil Lagerspetz]

Binary package hint: nautilus

This happens in Lucid.
To reproduce:
1. Insert a blank cd.
2. right-click on an ISO image in Nautilus. Choose "Write to Disc".
3. Notice that "No disc available" is displayed and there is no burn option.
4. Eject and re-insert the blank cd.
5. Notice that "Blank cd (7 MB free)" shows for a second in the dialog.
6. Notice the "No disc available" text is shown again, but Burn buttons are enabled.
(Optional)
7. Click burn to get a successfully burned cd.

[Eemil Lagerspetz (eemil-lagerspetz)]

cdrom drive info from dmesg:

[ 1.796291] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B A102 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 1.808939] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 1.808943] Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
[ 1.809055] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0

[Eemil Lagerspetz (eemil-lagerspetz)]

Additionally, after a successful burn, I get:

Please eject the disc from "HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-4163B" manually.
The disc could not be ejected though it needs to be removed for the current operation to continue.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

thank you for your bug report, could you get gvfs-mount -li and udisks --dump logs with the disk not listed and then listed?

[Eemil Lagerspetz (eemil-lagerspetz)]

Now it seems to work. The only problem is that the blank cd-r disc shows 7,2 MB of free space (which should be 700 MB)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[André Pirard (a.pirard)]

You won't be told you're the only one, Eemil.
Apparently exactly the same symptoms here.
But I did not notice that the button was enabled.
I rebooted a 68 days running system and lost the competition ;-)
So,
1) I should learn to read ;-)
2) These bug reports should have a Bug Solution/Workaround entry anyway.

Obviously, my system had entered a funny state.
And an explanation how to get out of it would have been great.