It looks like this LG Combo drive can only handle DVD-ROM. I got confused as that was not what was ordered (on the PC's spec). A more helpful diagnostic message along the lines of "You cannot use this drive to write DVDs because it is a DVD reader only." would have been great.
-- CD/DVD Creator fails torecognise blank DVD (8.04) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/238130 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs