[Bug 14692] Re: hal detects written DVD as empty

[Martin Pitt]

Carlos, unless the dvd-r is really a dvd-rw, then it is impossible to
damage it by merely mounting it. Even if it is an -rw, you cannot write
to it by mounting it, this would require a special packet writing setup
which Ubuntu does not support out of the box yet.

It's much more likely that the DVD simply became physically damaged due
to dust, scratches, etc. If you insert it, can you do

  dmesg > dmesg.txt

and attach dmesg.txt here? If you do another copy of that DVD, is it
recognized and mounted in Ubuntu?

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hal detects written DVD as empty
https://launchpad.net/bugs/14692