Bug#391581: nautilus: Nautilus doesn't allow to browse DVD burned by growisofs without eject

[Josselin Mouette]

reassign 391581 nautilus-cd-burner
severity 384650 wishlist
forwarded 391581 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155236
tags 391581 + upstream wontfix
merge 391581 384650
thanks

Le samedi 07 octobre 2006 à 13:56 +0200, Michal Kašpar a écrit :
> Package: nautilus
> Version: 2.14.3-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> 
> If I burn DVD in growisofs (but probably applies to other tools and
> CDs) nautilus still shows "Blank DVD-R Disc" icon (on desktop and in
> computer:// location as well) and doesn't allow to mount it and browse
> its contents. The only way to get to the DVD I found is to eject the DVD
> and insert it again.
> I think nautilus should detect the DVD was burned if possible or at
> least add Rescan/Reread/Mount option in right click menu (which would be
> nice for any volume in case I umount it by hand). This might be related
> with http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=314445.

Unfortunately this isn't possible because of buggy hardware. In some
cases, ejecting and reloading the same CD doesn't even work. More
information on this problem is described there:
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2005/06/10/427696.aspx

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