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Old 09-06-2004, 09:16 AM   #1
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CD Burner doesnt work


Hey guys. I cant burn a CD.
i installed xcdroast and when i run it i get this message
root@darkstar:~# xcdroast

** WARNING **: No /usr/local/bin/cdrecord installed


** WARNING **: (Invalid lib-directory? Check -l option)

so i then type:
root@darkstar:~# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

Whats up with my cd burner how come nothing can find it. Any ideas?
 
Old 09-06-2004, 11:35 AM   #2
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Code:
cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER
if that says its not set (which i bet it does) then that is why it is probably not working ...

what is pg ? taken from 'cdrecord dev=help'
Code:
Transport name:         pg
Transport descr.:       SCSI transport for ATAPI over Parallel Port
Transp. layer ind.:     
Target specifier:       bus,target,lun
Target example:         1,2,0
SCSI Bus scanning:      supported
Open via UNIX device:   not supported
i actually had (well actually still have) the same problem as you .. but am too lazy to go about
fixing it, cause i never had a need to burn anything in while ... but from what i found out, that
is what is going to fix the problem, so give that a go .. so basically what i am saying, is that
your going to have to recompile your kernel, cause i am almost 100% positive if you try
to make /dev/pg* with mknod it still won't work ...

Last edited by DrOzz; 09-06-2004 at 11:36 AM.
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:31 PM   #3
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DID
root@darkstar:/home/guest# cat /usr/src/linux/.config | grep CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHE
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set

Then did chmod +xrw /dev/pg*
then ran
cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
root@darkstar:/home/guest# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.

So it means recompile kernel how would i go about this?
 
Old 09-06-2004, 06:00 PM   #4
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try this.


cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus
 
Old 09-06-2004, 07:54 PM   #5
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Did this and got this
root@darkstar:/home/guest# cdrecord dev=ATAPI -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
scsidev: 'ATAPI'
devname: 'ATAPI'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Using ATA Packet interface.
Warning: The related libscg interface code is in pre alpha.
Warning: There may be fatal problems.
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-R/RW SW-208B ' 'BS03' Removable CD-ROM
0,1,0 1) ' LG ' 'CD-ROM CRD-8160B' '1.13' Removable CD-ROM
0,2,0 2) *
0,3,0 3) *
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *
root@darkstar:/home/guest#
looked good then i did
root@darkstar:~# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver.
cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root.
cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'.
root@darkstar:~#


any ideas. Thiink wea re getting somewhere, you have been a great help
 
Old 09-06-2004, 08:59 PM   #6
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Now that you've determined where your device is, run the following command to start burning with cdrecord. The below example shows us burning an .iso image to cd-rom:


cdrecord -v -dao dev=ATAPI:0,0,0 /path-to-filename/filename.iso

The -v stands for verbosity and the -dao stands for "Disk At Once." We use the dev= options to define the device that we found with the scanbus option above, in this example, it's 0,0,0.

For all list of all of cdrecord's options, run the command:

man cdrecord
 
Old 09-07-2004, 05:05 AM   #7
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Is there any programs that would do this for me?
 
Old 09-07-2004, 07:37 AM   #8
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to make it easier u can activate scsi emulation for that cdrw drive (for 2.4 kernels)


as root edit /etc/lilo.conf

in your boot image section add:

append="hdX=ide-scsi"

(where hdX is wherever your cdrw drive is located (hda,hdb,hdc,hdd))

also when you logged in as root run the command lilo

reboot and thne u can run xcdroast and then autodetect the drive.

it should work.
 
Old 09-07-2004, 08:55 AM   #9
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Thats awesome now my CDROM drive is being picked up but i am still having this problem, something to do with xhost. I cant seem to work out wot to do.

root@darkstar:/home/guest# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.25
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CD-R/RW SW-208B ' 'BS03' 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) *


See this is the error message i get
root@darkstar:/home/guest# xcdroast
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified


Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0.0
 
Old 09-08-2004, 05:42 AM   #10
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if you are logged in as user but su'd in as root on a terminal it may not authenticate with X
hence your error.

Try logging in to X as root and retrying because i had the exact same problem on slackware 9.1.....

then open a terminal and without su'ing try xcdroast again



root@darkstar:/home/guest# xcdroast


see what u get.
 
Old 09-08-2004, 03:46 PM   #11
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still doesnt work, I think theres a problem with my graphics drivers or something...
 
  


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