Thanks for the detailed instructions :). When copying an audio CD (the nearest CD I had on hand) the output is as follows:

When I first put in the CD there is a whole lot of:
(nautilus:9163): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so' (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

When I right-click the "Audio Disc" and click Copy, I get:

cdrdao stderr: Cdrdao version 1.1.9 - (C) Andreas Mueller <email address hidden>
cdrdao stderr:   SCSI interface library - (C) Joerg Schilling
cdrdao stderr:   Paranoia DAE library - (C) Monty
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: Check http://cdrdao.sourceforge.net/drives.html#dt for current driver tables.
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: Using libscg version 'ubuntu-0.8ubuntu1'
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: /dev/hdc: HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4243N      Rev: A102
cdrdao stderr: Using driver: Generic SCSI-3/MMC - Version 2.0 (options 0x0000)
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: Reading toc and track data...
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: Track   Mode    Flags  Start                Length
cdrdao stderr: ------------------------------------------------------------
cdrdao stderr:  1      AUDIO   2      00:00:00(     0)     04:10:01( 18751)
cdrdao stderr:  2      AUDIO   2      04:10:01( 18751)     03:57:26( 17801)
cdrdao stderr:  3      AUDIO   2      08:07:27( 36552)     04:01:64( 18139)
cdrdao stderr:  4      AUDIO   2      12:09:16( 54691)     03:47:61( 17086)
cdrdao stderr:  5      AUDIO   2      15:57:02( 71777)     03:47:03( 17028)
cdrdao stderr:  6      AUDIO   2      19:44:05( 88805)     03:47:11( 17036)
cdrdao stderr:  7      AUDIO   2      23:31:16(105841)     03:55:11( 17636)
cdrdao stderr:  8      AUDIO   2      27:26:27(123477)     03:29:08( 15683)
cdrdao stderr:  9      AUDIO   2      30:55:35(139160)     03:55:61( 17686)
cdrdao stderr: 10      AUDIO   2      34:51:21(156846)     03:37:41( 16316)
cdrdao stderr: 11      AUDIO   2      38:28:62(173162)     03:46:71( 17021)
cdrdao stderr: 12      AUDIO   2      42:15:58(190183)     03:35:39( 16164)
cdrdao stderr: 13      AUDIO   2      45:51:22(206347)     03:47:43( 17068)
cdrdao stderr: 14      AUDIO   2      49:38:65(223415)     03:34:26( 16076)
cdrdao stderr: 15      AUDIO   2      53:13:16(239491)     03:47:46( 17071)
cdrdao stderr: Leadout AUDIO   2      57:00:62(256562)
cdrdao stderr:
cdrdao stderr: PQ sub-channel reading (audio track) is supported, data format is BCD.
cdrdao stderr: Copying audio tracks 1-15: start 00:00:00, length 57:00:62 to "/tmp/image.iso.cqKa5q"...
cdrdao stderr: Track 1...

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It sits at this screen until the disc image is created (with no status indicated in the dialogue). When the image is complete, it echoes (after writing the image and before burning it):

cdrdao stderr: Found 269250 Q sub-channels with CRC errors.
cdrdao stderr: Reading of toc and track data finished successfully.
cdrdao stderr: HUP

(nautilus:9443): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so' (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

(nautilus:9443): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so' (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

(nautilus:9443): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so' (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

(nautilus:9443): libgnomevfs-WARNING **: Cannot load module `/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so' (/usr/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0/modules/libcdda.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

** (nautilus-cd-burner:9479): WARNING **: No HAL devices found for UDI '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_HL_DT_STCD_RW/DVD_ROM_GCC_4243N'


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HTH :)