All GUI front ends offer limited versions of the command line tools and hide the error messages from you.
I suggest trying the command line and using them in an x terminal rather than using the GUI fronts.
Then you have access to all the flags, etc mentioned in man <command> and info <command> and can see and report the errors, if any.
How about CD copying, ripping and burning? I can't figure it out.
# CD burning copying ripping info
Is it configured and what is the device? Command this to find out:
cdrecord -scanbus
Adding an IDE CD-Writer to Linux
Linux DVD HOWTO
CD Writing HOWTO
Burning CDs on Linux
# Burn an ISO to disk
cdrecord -v speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/foo.iso;eject
# Burn from disk to disk
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> -isosize /dev/cdrom;eject
# ISO information
isoinfo -i -d /dev/cdrom
# Generate an ISO from a directory.
mkisofs -vrTJUV "Label" -o foo.iso /path/to/directory
# Generate an ISO from a CD
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=foo.iso
# cdparanoia - search for a drive with reporting of autosense:
cdparanoia -vsQ
# Rip a complete audio CD with cdparanoia
cdparanoia -B "1-";eject
# Convert wav files to oggvorbis
oggenc somefile.wav
Linux MP3 CD Burning mini-HOWTO
# Convert mp3 to wav with lame
for i in *.mp3; do lame --decode $i `basename $i .mp3`.wav; done
# Burn a CD from wav files
cdrecord -v -audio -pad speed=<burning speed> dev=<your device> /path/to/*.wav;eject
# Copy CD using cdrdao
cdrdao read-cd --device <your device> --read-raw --datafile mydata.bin -v 99 mydata.cue
cdrdao write --device <your device> --overburn -v 99 --speed <burning speed> mydata.cue
# Erase a CDRW
cdrecord -v dev=<your device> speed=<burning speed> blank=fast
# Mount CD iso images as a filesystem
mount /path/to/foo.iso /mnt/<directory> -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
Example:
mount /pub/iso/distros/Mandrake92-cd1-inst.i586.iso /mnt/cdrom -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0
See
man <command> or
info <command> for full list of available flags and examples.
