Grip ejects CD's

Jiawen · 05-03-2004, 05:27 AM

I've been trying to rip some CD's lately using Grip. It seems to be working normally -- it plays CD's just fine, I can edit playlists, etc. -- up until the point that I actually try to rip the CD. As soon as I do so, it immediately ejects the CD. When I run Grip from the terminal, it gives me the error message "Unable to open CD ROM drive". It does this as both user and root. I've just installed ripperX, which works just fine, including ripping CD's, but I'd like to get Grip working nonetheless.

Can anyone help? Thanks in advance if you can!

J.W. · 05-03-2004, 11:57 PM

I've never heard of this issue, but as an alternative you may want to try xcdroast http://freshmeat.net/projects/xcdroast/ -- J.W.

whansard · 05-04-2004, 01:28 AM

delete your grip configuration file, and see if that works.

Jiawen · 05-04-2004, 02:02 PM

Thanks for the help! I have to ask, though: where is the Grip config file located? I didn't see anything called .grip in my home directory.

Thanks again for the help, in any case.

whansard · 05-04-2004, 03:51 PM

in my home directory, there is a .grip. all files beginning with . are hidden unless you
ls -al or ls -a|more

Tinkster · 05-04-2004, 05:08 PM

The problem you are facing is not that uncommon,
I think. Are you running your CD-ROM in scsi-
emulation mode? If so check the permissions on
/dev/sg<CDs equivalent> ... if it's not user writable,
make it.. :}

[edit]From the grip FAQ 0;-)

Code:

     * Q: I can play cd's fine, but my ripper can't access the drive. Why
       not?
       A: On scsi systems, rippers (cdparanoia, at least) need access to
       the generic scsi device as well.

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Cheers,
Tink