I"m using slack 9.1 installed K3B 0.10.2 pgk from linuxpkg's.net
Setup sees my atapi dvd player and sees my scsi writer.
K3b doesn't show my writer as a writable. I can record
using cdrecord.

here is what cdrecord -scanbus shows
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'
scsibus1:
1,0,0 100) *
1,1,0 101) *
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer 6020 ' '1.07' Removable CD-ROM
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
1,7,0 107) *
scsibus2:
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities page.
2,0,0 200) 'PIONEER ' 'DVD-ROM DVD-113 ' '1.12' Removable CD-ROM
2,1,0 201) *
2,2,0 202) *
2,3,0 203) *
2,4,0 204) *
2,5,0 205) *
2,6,0 206) *
2,7,0 207) *

Do you have an ... hd?=ide-scsi line in your configs somewhere? Or a ide scsi device storage driver compiled and loaded up so the system can act like its a hard drive and... i dunno fully how it works but I'm used to seeing hdc.. or b.. or whatever letter.. with hdc=ide-scsi as a startup command if you wanna burn cd's...

this is cut from my lilo.conf
--------------------------------------------
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
append="hdc=ide-scsi"

image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
-----------------------------------------------

Ok, second question, did you use all the k3b configure utilities in the menu's and let it fully set itself up?

I used a slackware package from linuxpackages.net so all I did was
installpkg k3b-0.10.2-i686-1.tgz

So... run setup and config and all the utilities that are in the K3B menu...

I ran the setup and config.
config sees my writer but only sees it
as a cd-rom not writable???

Try modprobe ide-scsi and then post your lsmod here ill see if i can help ya out.


Matt3333

root@home:/home/phil# lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
n_hdlc 6304 1
ppp_synctty 6016 1
ppp_async 7552 0 (unused)
ppp_generic 15452 3 [ppp_synctty ppp_async]
slhc 5040 0 [ppp_generic]
snd-pcm-oss 37252 0
snd-mixer-oss 11992 0 [snd-pcm-oss]
uhci 24496 0 (unused)
usbcore 58400 1 [uhci]
snd-ens1370 8172 0
gameport 1452 0 [snd-ens1370]
snd-pcm 55904 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-ens1370]
snd-timer 13252 0 [snd-pcm]
snd-page-alloc 6004 0 [snd-ens1370 snd-pcm]
snd-rawmidi 12512 0 [snd-ens1370]
snd-seq-device 3920 0 [snd-rawmidi]
snd-ak4531-codec 4792 0 [snd-ens1370]
snd 27460 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-ens1370 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ak4531-codec]
soundcore 3332 6 [snd]
3c59x 26832 1
ide-scsi 9424 0
agpgart 39576 0 (unused)

Next make certain that your /etc/fstab is written properly
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user 0 0

This is the pertinent line from mine. Obviously you might need to edit the device number.

/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hde1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,users,rw 0 0
/dev/sr0 /mnt/writer iso9660 noauto,users,rw 0 0
/dev/sr1 /mnt/cdrom is09660 noauto,users,ro 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

not that this would make a difference but should it be
user or users the "s" on or off

Hello all I'd like t thank everyone that tried to help me.

It seems this is a hardware issue, I borrowed an IDE burner
from someone, slaved it in and k3b seems to work fine now.

I should add after the first two disks I burned (Slackware 9.1 D-1, D-2)
using cdrecord I made this post. Then while trouble shooting, cdrecord
wouldn't work again, I kept getting a wrong disk/no disk error. This lead
me to try a different burner. Now I need to find out is it my scsi card or
the writer?

Thanks again for all that tried
Phil

Phil,

I am having exactly the same problem you describe (K3B sees my 'HP ' 'CD-Writer 6020 ' '1.07' Removable CD-ROM) but recognizes it as a read only device.

Did you come across any solution, yet?

Thanks,

Urs