I'm seeing the same thing on a fully updated karmic system. Again this is an external USB CD/DVD drive. Data CDs and DVDs work fine, but audio CDs fail.
lshw -C disk *-cdrom description: DVD reader product: CDRWDVD TSL462D vendor: TSSTcorp physical id: 0.0.0 bus info: s...@4:0.0.0 logical name: /dev/cdrom logical name: /dev/cdrw logical name: /dev/dvd logical name: /dev/scd0 logical name: /dev/sr0 version: DE09 capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd configuration: status=open /var/log/messages after attaching disk and inserting disk: kernel: [12374.163544] usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 4 kernel: [12383.672097] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 kernel: [12383.809889] usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice kernel: [12383.823356] scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices kernel: [12388.834428] scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM TSSTcorp CDRWDVD TSL462D DE09 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 kernel: [12388.845169] sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray kernel: [12388.845802] sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5 kernel: [12412.030368] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE kernel: [12412.030381] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] kernel: [12412.030391] Info fld=0x0 kernel: [12412.030395] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Add. Sense: Illegal mode for this track kernel: [12412.030406] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 kernel: [12412.030433] __ratelimit: 746 callbacks suppressed kernel: [12412.032772] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE kernel: [12412.032788] sr 4:0:0:0: [sr0] Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] kernel: [12412.032801] Info fld=0x0 With the last batch of messages repeating hundreds of times until the disk is ejected -- [CDROM] Audio CD not recognized https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498666 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