K3b No optical drive found.

SavoTU · 05-22-2010, 08:54 AM

I dont know when k3b stopped working but have just gone to burn a disk and when opening it tells me

Quote:

No optical drive found.
K3b did not find any optical device in your system.
Solution: Make sure HAL daemon is running, it is used by K3b for finding devices.

I can boot from cd and can mount cds from within Slackware but for some reason k3b insists that i don't have a drive.

Daedra · 05-23-2010, 01:53 AM

does this happen as root?

mlangdn · 05-23-2010, 02:17 AM

Add your username to /etc/group under disk.

SavoTU · 05-23-2010, 12:54 PM

I thought it would be a permission problem as most things with me tend to be so checked that first then tried kde as root and the get the same error.

tobyl · 05-23-2010, 04:09 PM

Hi Savo
are you running Slack 12.2 as your description says?
I have had some similar problems, but I am in -current, (with added complications that one of my optical drives failed)

Does k3b setup (from System Settings) fail to find your drive?

tobyl

SavoTU · 05-24-2010, 07:42 AM

Sorry will update that now i am running current.

k3b setup does not see the drive.

tobyl · 05-24-2010, 04:01 PM

SavoTU,

I am trying to remember what I did to fix the problem.
I am not certain, but I think I compiled a new kernel (2.6.34) which fixed it.
If it wasn't that, it was when I messed around in Actions Policy (System Settings, advanced).

sorry to be so vague
tobyl

phi11ip · 05-25-2010, 11:34 AM

I am also having similar problems. The strange thing is it's ok when I boot up the computer. Some time later the fault appears. I haven't got a clue what triggers the fault. There's only one way to cure it, and that's a reboot. I don't think it's a problem with K3B as "Device Notifier" can't see DVDs or CDs once it's happened.
Regards
Phil

SavoTU · 06-15-2010, 05:28 AM

My problem was with one of the packages in l, i just reinstalled them all and now k3b and auto mounting works.