Ah-ha. Brasero does detect a CD-R correctly if you first burn a disk using Rhythmbox.
It did the following: 1. booted up and logged on 2. inserted a blank CD-R 3. started Brasero: it gave its usual error about 0:00 min free on the CD-R 4. closed Brasero 5. opened Rhythmbox 6. burned a playlist to the same CD-R 7. closed Rhythmbox 8. opened Brasero 9. ejected burned CD-R, inserted a new blank CD-R 10. SUCCESS: Brasero reports 1h20 for blank CD-R -- Brasero does not recognize audio CD or blank CD-R https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/181703 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to brasero in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs