Bug 121633

Summary:	Found blank disc but still asks the user to insert a blank disc
Product:	[Applications] k3b	Reporter:	Francois Marier <francois>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Sebastian Trueg <trueg>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Debian testing
OS:	Linux
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Description Francois Marier 2006-02-09 06:23:26 UTC

Version:           0.12.10 (using KDE KDE 3.5.0KDE 3.4.3)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable PackagesDebian testing/unstable Packages
OS:                Linux

"A. Costa" <agcosta@gis.net> reported the following on the Debian bug tracker (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352005):

See .png file for screen-shot of an error message** that seems quite self-contradictory:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/K3B_errror.png?bug=352005;msg=5;att=1

Specifically:

    1) There's a new HP blank disk in my DVD burner.
    2) Message says it's found some empty media.  (true)
    3) Message says insert a "CD-R(W) medium" in the same drive.
    4) Window title bar says "Waiting for disk". (false)

(**I'd copy n' paste it, but the error text wasn't selectable.)

Now #2 is true, but #3 is needless, and #4 is false.

Also, #3 asks for a "CD-R(W)" disk, which is misleading -- I want to
burn a DVD-R disk, not a CD-R.  In #3 "medium" is vague -- it should say
"disc", which is more specific, or nothing, since the final 'D' in "CD"
and "DVD" already stands for "disc".  Suggested replacement:

        Please insert an empty or appendable disc.

...but only when a disc is actually missing, of course.

Comment 1 Sebastian Trueg 2006-02-09 09:50:18 UTC

DVD vs. CD. Not a bug at all.

Comment 2 Francois Marier 2006-02-09 15:54:14 UTC

Sorry, I think the bug should have been titled differently (and set as cosmetic -- my mistake).  

What the user suggested is that this message be clarified slightly. Instead of saying "Waiting for disc", if K3B was expecting a different disc, the title bar could say:

        Wrong disc type

...and follow with an explanation like:

        The drive contains a 'foo' disc,
        but your current K3B Project is set up for a 'bar' disc.
        To continue remove the 'foo' disc and insert
        the correct 'bar' disc.

...that way the user knows, and also knows that K3B knows:

        1) There is a disc in the drive.
        2) It's the wrong kind.
        3) The kind needed is 'bar'.
        4) How to fix it.