Blank CD-R disc (700 Mb) has no free space

Additional info. If I inserted a previously written disc, I can access the data on the disc, but on inserting the disc, the following
messages are generated:

Jul 7 21:53:53 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 778.058900] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:53:53 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 778.058912] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:53:53 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 778.058920] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:53:53 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 778.058938] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:53:56 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 780.943327] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:53:56 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 780.943340] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:53:56 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 780.943348] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:53:56 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 780.943366] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:53:58 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 783.756717] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:53:58 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 783.756729] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:53:58 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 783.756738] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:53:58 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 783.756755] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:54:01 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 786.570495] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:54:01 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 786.570507] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:54:01 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 786.570516] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:54:01 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 786.570533] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:54:04 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 789.313557] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:54:04 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 789.313569] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:54:04 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 789.313578] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:54:04 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 789.313595] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:54:07 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 792.056316] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:54:07 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 792.056329] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:54:07 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 792.056338] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track
Jul 7 21:54:07 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 792.056357] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 04 ac ba 00 00 02 00
Jul 7 21:54:09 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 794.799074] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
Jul 7 21:54:09 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 794.799087] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
Jul 7 21:54:09 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 794.7990...

I booted from the Ubuntu10.04-cd in order to check whether the cd-drive was in error or not. I could boot without any problems from the cd and no error-messages were logged. So the conclusion is that one of the recent updates has a regression in it.

For further reference:

[ 2.062871] sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
[ 2.063730] scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B 1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
[ 2.065958] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
[ 2.066538] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1

// after inserting a blank cd

[ 2132.107680] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!
[ 2132.130079] sr 1:0:1:0: [sr1] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00

I installed qpxtool. qpxtool can determine the properties of the blank disc! (See picture attached). A free size of 702 MB
(359848 sectors). For reference I attached also the properties of my drive.

I tested also GNU libcdio. This package can't read the blank disc! (Is be maybe obvious as it properly uses the installed
dvd-rw-tools?). Please find the results underneath :

cd-info

cd-info version 0.81 i486-pc-linux-gnu

Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 R. Bernstein

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.

There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

CD location : /dev/cdrom

CD driver name: GNU/Linux

   access mode: ioctl

Vendor : HL-DT-ST

Model : CD-RW GCE-8320B

Revision : 1.04

Hardware : CD-ROM or DVD

Can eject : Yes

Can close tray : Yes

Can disable manual eject : Yes

Can select juke-box disc : No

Can set drive speed : No

Can read multiple sessions (e.g. PhotoCD) : Yes

Can hard reset device : Yes

Reading....

  Can read Mode 2 Form 1 : Yes

  Can read Mode 2 Form 2 : Yes

  Can read (S)VCD (i.e. Mode 2 Form 1/2) : Yes

  Can read C2 Errors : Yes

  Can read IRSC : Yes

  Can read Media Channel Number (or UPC) : Yes

  Can play audio : Yes

  Can read CD-DA : Yes

  Can read CD-R : Yes

  Can read CD-RW : Yes

  Can read DVD-ROM : No

Writing....

  Can write CD-RW : Yes

  Can write DVD-R : No

  Can write DVD-RAM : No

  Can write DVD-RW : No

  Can write DVD+RW : No

__________________________________

Disc mode is listed as: No information

++ WARN: error in ioctl CDROMREADTOCHDR: Input/output error

cd-info: Can't get first track number. I give up.

Jul 9 19:29:45 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 4433.070170] cdrom: This disc doesn't have any tracks I recognize!

cd-drive

cd-drive version 0.81 i486-pc-linux-gnu

Copyright (c) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 R. Bernstein

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.

There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A

PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

The driver selected is GNU/Linux

The default device for this driver is /dev/cdrom

Drivers available...

  GNU/Linux ioctl and MMC driver

  cdrdao (TOC) disk image driver

  bin/cuesheet disk image driver

  Nero NRG disk image driver

CD-ROM drive supports MMC 3

                       Drive: /dev/cdrom

Vendor : HL-DT-ST

Model : CD-RW GCE-8320B

Revision : 1.04

Profile List Feature

 CD-RW Re-writable Compact Disc capable

 Write once Compact Disc capable - on

 Read only Compact D...

QPXTOOL Blank media

QPXTOOL Drive description

lshal gives the results underneath. Note that volume.disc.capacity = 735051776 (0x2bd00000) (uint64) , while the
empty disc has no space according Nautilus/Brasero/ aso... what goes wrong ?

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_571_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0_0'
  info.linux.driver = 'sr' (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_571_scsi_host_0' (string)
  info.product = 'SCSI Device' (string)
  info.subsystem = 'scsi' (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_571_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0_0' (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2 (0x2) (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'scsi' (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0' (string)
  scsi.bus = 0 (0x0) (int)
  scsi.host = 1 (0x1) (int)
  scsi.lun = 0 (0x0) (int)
  scsi.model = 'CD-RW GCE-8320B' (string)
  scsi.target = 1 (0x1) (int)
  scsi.type = 'cdrom' (string)
  scsi.vendor = 'HL-DT-ST' (string)

udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8320B'
  block.device = '/dev/sr1' (string)
  block.is_volume = false (bool)
  block.major = 11 (0xb) (int)
  block.minor = 1 (0x1) (int)
  block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8320B' (string)
  info.addons = {'hald-addon-storage'} (string list)
  info.capabilities = {'storage', 'block', 'storage.cdrom'} (string list)
  info.category = 'storage' (string)
  info.interfaces = {'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.Removable'} (string list)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_1106_571_scsi_host_0_scsi_device_lun0_0' (string)
  info.product = 'CD-RW GCE-8320B' (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_CD_RW_GCE_8320B' (string)
  info.vendor = 'HL-DT-ST' (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3) (int)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0/block/sr1' (string)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_argnames = {'extra_options', 'extra_options'} (string list)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_execpaths = {'hal-storage-eject', 'hal-storage-closetray'} (string list)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_names = {'Eject', 'CloseTray'} (string list)
  org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_signatures = {'as', 'as'} (string list)
  storage.automount_enabled_hint = true (bool)
  storage.bus = 'pci' (string)
  storage.cdrom.bd = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.bdr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.bdre = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.cdr = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.cdrw = true (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvd = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusrdl = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdplusrwdl = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdram = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdrdl = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.dvdrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvd = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvdr = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.hddvdrw = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.mo = false (bool)
  storage.cdrom.mrw = true ...

sudo /lib/udev/cdrom_id -d /dev/sr1
main: probing: '/dev/sr1'
cd_inquiry: INQUIRY: [HL-DT-ST][CD-RW GCE-8320B ][1.04]
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: size of features buffer 0x0098
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 'profiles', with 4 entries
feature_profiles: profile 0x0a <ignored>
feature_profiles: profile 0x09 <ignored>
feature_profiles: profile 0x08 <ignored>
feature_profiles: profile 0x02 <ignored>
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0001 <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0002 <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0003 <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0010 <ignored>, with 0x08 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x001d <ignored>, with 0x00 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x001e <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0020 <ignored>, with 0x0c bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0021 <ignored>, with 0x08 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0023 <ignored>, with 0x00 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0026 <ignored>, with 0x00 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x002d <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x002e <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0100 <ignored>, with 0x00 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0101 <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: GET CONFIGURATION: feature 0x0103 <ignored>, with 0x04 bytes
cd_profiles: current profile 0x09
cd_profiles: profile 0x09 media_cd_r
cd_media_info: disk type ff
info_scsi_cmd_err: READ TOC failed with SK=5h/ASC=24h/ACQ=00h
ID_CDROM=1
ID_CDROM_CD_R=1
ID_CDROM_CD_RW=1
ID_CDROM_MRW=1
ID_CDROM_MRW_W=1
ID_CDROM_MEDIA=1
ID_CDROM_MEDIA_CD_R=1
ID_CDROM_MEDIA_STATE=blank
ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_NEXT=1
ID_CDROM_MEDIA_SESSION_COUNT=1
ID_CDROM_MEDIA_TRACK_COUNT=1

bernard@Ubuntu-Bernard:~$ apt-cache policy udev

udev:

  Geïnstalleerd: 151-12

  Kandidaat: 151-12

  Versietabel:

 *** 151-12 0

        500 http://be.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

bernard@Ubuntu-Bernard:~$ udevadm version

151

udevadm info -a -p $(udevadm info -q path -n /dev/sr1)

Udevadm info starts with the device specified by the devpath and then

walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device

found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format.

A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device

and the attributes from one single parent device.

  looking at device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0/block/sr1':

    KERNEL=="sr1"

    SUBSYSTEM=="block"

    DRIVER==""

    ATTR{range}=="1"

    ATTR{ext_range}=="1"

    ATTR{removable}=="1"

    ATTR{ro}=="0"

    ATTR{size}=="0"

    ATTR{alignment_offset}=="0"

    ATTR{capability}=="19"

    ATTR{stat}==" 50 0 200 36 0 0 0 0 0 36 36"

    ATTR{inflight}==" 0 0"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1/target1:0:1/1:0:1:0':

    KERNELS=="1:0:1:0"

    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"

    DRIVERS=="sr"

    ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0"

    ATTRS{type}=="5"

    ATTRS{scsi_level}=="6"

    ATTRS{vendor}=="HL-DT-ST"

    ATTRS{model}=="CD-RW GCE-8320B "

    ATTRS{rev}=="1.04"

    ATTRS{state}=="running"

    ATTRS{timeout}=="30"

    ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32"

    ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0xc07"

    ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0xa9e"

    ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x0"

    ATTRS{modalias}=="scsi:t-0x05"

    ATTRS{evt_media_change}=="0"

    ATTRS{dh_state}=="detached"

    ATTRS{queue_depth}=="1"

    ATTRS{queue_type}=="none"

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1/target1:0:1':

    KERNELS=="target1:0:1"

    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"

    DRIVERS==""

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1/host1':

    KERNELS=="host1"

    SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi"

    DRIVERS==""

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:07.1':

    KERNELS=="0000:00:07.1"

    SUBSYSTEMS=="pci"

    DRIVERS=="pata_via"

    ATTRS{vendor}=="0x1106"

    ATTRS{device}=="0x0571"

    ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x0000"

    ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x0000"

    ATTRS{class}=="0x01018a"

    ATTRS{irq}=="0"

    ATTRS{local_cpus}=="ff"

    ATTRS{local_cpulist}=="0-7"

    ATTRS{modalias}=="pci:v00001106d00000571sv00000000sd00000000bc01sc01i8a"

    ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0"

    ATTRS{msi_bus}==""

  looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00':

    KERNELS=="pci0000:00"

    SUBSYSTEMS==""

    DRIVERS==""

Jul 16 17:42:03 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 2.071757] scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8320B 1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5

Jul 16 17:42:03 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 2.074005] sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 40x/40x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

Jul 16 17:42:03 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 2.074591] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1

Jul 16 17:42:03 Ubuntu-Bernard kernel: [ 2.074861] sr 1:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic...

Unmarked as a duplicate of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brasero/+bug/405544.

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

Is this still an issue in current Ubuntu versions?

Yes, this is still the case ... See screenshot of Blank CD-R properties - Linux Mint Katya: Disc has zero bytes capacity

Still a problem with Xubuntu12.04: Xfburn as well as Brasero don't recognize en empty cd. The only program that keeps working is K3b => can't be kernel-problem?

uname -a
Linux Desktop-Bureau 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 16:26:01 UTC 2012 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"

consider upgrading to actual-cdrtools abandoning the debian borked fork:

http://cdrecord.berlios.de/private/cdrecord.html

ppa:brandonsnider/cdrtools

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9617383&postcount=17
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9729294&postcount=23