I'm trying to run XCDROAST in Mandrake 8.2, with an IDE Lite-On 12x10x32 CD-RW drive.

Yes, I've read the faqs and what-not on scsi-emulation and stuff.

When I run xcdroast from the console, this is what it says before the program starts:

** WARNING **: Installation problem? No set-uid bit on /usr/bin/mkisofs


** WARNING **: Installation problem? No set-uid bit on /usr/bin/readcd


** WARNING **: Installation problem? No set-uid bit on /usr/bin/cdda2wav

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Now, I wanted to test this by duplicating a CD. Put a CD in the drive, tell it to read. "No CD loaded in read device" (and yes, I have the same drive setup as the read device). Under CD-Information, for the type (when I have a written data CD-R in the drive that I wish to duplicate), it says "Empty CD-R/RW".

I know that I have communication with the drive, because in X windows I can view the CD and use it like normal. In XCDROAST I can eject the cd via the GUI.

cdrecord -scanbus reports the following:
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'LITE-ON ' 'LTR-12101B ' 'LS38' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) 'IOMEGA ' 'ZIP 250 ' '31.G' Removable Disk
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) *
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I've added "options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'" to /etc/modules.conf.
I've added "append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"" to /etc/lilo.conf

I've restarted, still nothing.

Any ideas?

Are you root?

I'm root in the console when I run xcdroast.
I'm a regular user, however, in kde.

I'll be implementing Mandy support in my cdcopy program soon. Meanwhile, you could try a few things:

ls /dev/cdrom -l

Paste result here.

Do the same again for the linked /dev/*** & paste here.

cat /etc/fstab
dmesg | grep scsi
/sbin/lsmod

Paste results here.

It is most likely a linking problem or permission. No biggie.

[root@xp1700 root]# ls /dev/cdrom0 -l
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Sep 21 04:36 /dev/cdrom0 -> cdroms/cdrom0
[root@xp1700 root]# cd /dev/cdroms
[root@xp1700 cdroms]# ls
cdrom0@ cdrom1@
[root@xp1700 cdroms]# ls -l
total 0
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 33 Dec 31 1969 cdrom0 -> ../ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/cd
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34 Dec 31 1969 cdrom1 -> ../scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd

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[root@xp1700 cdroms]# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb6 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
/mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,codepage=850 0 0
/dev/hdb8 /other vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb2 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb5 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0

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[root@xp1700 cdroms]# dmesg |grep scsi
Kernel command line: initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/hdb6 devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz
ide_setup: hdc=ide-scsi
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

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[root@xp1700 cdroms]# /sbin/lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: P
sg 30180 0 (autoclean)
ppp_deflate 42240 0 (autoclean)
bsd_comp 4544 0 (autoclean)
ppp_async 6560 1 (autoclean)
ppp_generic 19880 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
slhc 5056 1 (autoclean) [ppp_generic]
soundcore 4068 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 15160 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport_pc 22088 1 (autoclean)
lp 6464 0 (autoclean)
parport 23968 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
af_packet 12488 0 (autoclean)
printer 5824 0
keybdev 1856 0 (unused)
mousedev 4160 1
hid 18528 0 (unused)
usbmouse 1984 0 (unused)
input 3616 0 [keybdev mousedev hid usbmouse]
usb-storage 52236 0
usb-uhci 21668 0 (unused)
usbcore 59072 1 [printer hid usbmouse usb-storage usb-uhci]
nls_iso8859-1 2816 1 (autoclean)
nls_cp850 3584 1 (autoclean)
vfat 9788 1 (autoclean)
fat 31384 0 (autoclean) [vfat]
supermount 62180 3 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 8032 0
scsi_mod 92488 4 [sg sr_mod usb-storage ide-scsi]
rtc 5912 0 (autoclean)
tulip 40768 1
ext3 62092 4
jbd 39356 4 [ext3]

Could you do this for me?

ls /dev/cdrom -l

Show me the line that you've added "options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'" to /etc/modules.conf.

Your fstab looks odd to me, maybe it's a Mandrake thing. I never saw any distro including MDK 8.2 that had /mnt/* twice on a line. Could be a problem.

/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0

This I assume is your cdrom link. The other is zip.

dmesg |grep scsi almost checks out except it misses the other hdd=ide-scsi.

/sbin/lsmod is perfect.

Steps below might or might not work:

cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
vi /etc/fstab
delete this line
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0
add this line
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0
save & exit
ln -sf /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom
insert a data CD
mount /mnt/cdrom
ls /mnt/cdrom
If success, insert a CDRW
cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=fast

If it erases the cdrw, you're getting there.

Wait until I give you a go before you do the above. Show me the result of the line on top.

[root@xp1700 palidor]# ls /dev/cdrom -l
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 13 Sep 21 04:36 /dev/cdrom -> cdroms/cdrom0


[root@xp1700 palidor]# cat /etc/modules.conf

alias usb-interface usb-uhci
probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
alias eth0 tulip

# lt_drivers: autoloading and insertion parameter usage
alias char-major-62 lt_serial
alias /dev/tts/LT0 lt_serial
alias /dev/modem lt_serial
# The next two lines are syntax examples, only Rarely Needed, to automate parameter usage during lt_drivers insertion. See documentation for details.
# options lt_modem vendor_id=0x115d device_id=0x0420
# options lt_modem Forced=3,0x130,0x2f8,0
# section for lt_drivers ends

# This block installed with Lucent modem drivers is for PPP related support
alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate

# added for cd-r support
options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'

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Thanks for your help thus far. I'll wait for your word to go ahead with changing all that stuff.

it is a permission problem, but it is resolved very quickly. First time you run Xcdroast you needed to configure it through setup, in the last tab (options, I guess) check allow non-root users to run xcdroast, if still the same happens and you can't run xcdroast as a non-root go over to http://www.xcdroast.org and grab the latest release.
So all the above can be summed up if you create a group cdwrite for instance, add the non-root users to this group and change group of cdrecord, mkisofs, etc (cdr-tools buddies) to cdwrite group and then change perm to 2755 for this programs you will be OK, the latest cdr-tools and xcdroast do this all for you without you tempering with permissions and groups setup.

Interesting. Well I will say this:
I downloaded xcdroast 1 or 2 days ago, so it's a recent release. I did run the setup & check the tabs saying that non-root users can use it.

That was all before I posted this thread.

Comment out this line with #

#options ide-cd ignore='hdc hdd'

Reboot.

We're go for launch! Ignore my previous instructions. Go with this:

Be root
ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
insert a data CD
mount /mnt/cdrom
ls /mnt/cdrom
If success, insert a CDRW
cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=fast

Tomorrow I'll get my hands on my code and MDK.

Anytime.

I've got good news & bad news

Good:

[root@xp1700 root]# vi /etc/modules.conf
[root@xp1700 root]# ln -sf /dev/scd0 /dev/cdrom
[root@xp1700 root]# mount /mnt/cdrom
[root@xp1700 root]# ls /mnt/cdrom
archive.z* PSReadme.wri* setup.exe* _setup.lib*
_inst32i.ex_* setup.bmp* SETUP.INI* setup.pkg*
_ISDEL.EXE* _setup.dll* SETUP.INS*
[root@xp1700 root]# cdrecord dev=0,0,0 blank=fast
Cdrecord 1.11a15 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg
Schilling
scsidev: '0,0,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
Using libscg version 'schily-0.5'
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 0
Response Format: 1
Vendor_info : 'LITE-ON '
Identifikation : 'LTR-12101B '
Revision : 'LS38'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW.
Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr).
Driver flags : SWABAUDIO BURNFREE
Supported modes: TAO PACKET SAO SAO/R96P SAO/R96R RAW/R96P RAW/R96R
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in write mode for single session.
Last chance to quit, starting real write in 0 seconds. Operation starts.[root@xp1700 root]#

Bad:

It still won't read discs in xcdroast, as a regular user OR root. Same issue as before. I don't really understand why that would be, since xcdroast is simply a GUI for the command line stuff.

Congrats! You've already solved it, from a command-line kind of guy's standpoint.

I don't use any GUI cd writer. I write my own. If you want, you can get a copy here.

http://jetblackz.freeservers.com/

It works perfectly for Mandrake. Just checked. You can burn disk while surfing the Web.

Don't type the path. Just open Konqueror, browse to target, and copy & paste it in terminal.