On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:27:30PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > When I got my cd burner, I started using the ide-scsi module to access > it and the cdrom drive. This has worked well, until today. I > received two new audio cds in the mail. I put one in each drive and > played them through with xmms. No problem there. I then tried to rip > the cds using cdparanoia like I have done with my other cds. However, cdparanoia > reports the following : > > $ cdparanoia -B > /dev/cdrom exists but isn't accessible. By default, > cdparanoia stops searching for an accessible drive here. > Consider using -sv to force a more complete autosense > of the machine. > > More information about /dev/cdrom: > Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom... > Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd is not a cooked ioctl CDROM. > Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface > No generic SCSI device found to match CDROM device > /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd > > Using '-sv' as suggested simply produces more of the same output, but > for each device tried. Explicitly specifying the device yields the > same output. > > When I closed every app using the cd drives, removed the 'sr_mod' and > 'ide-scsi' modules and inserted 'ide-cd' then I was able to rip the > cds (only from the cdrom, not the cdrw for some reason), however this > workaround is not an ideal solution. > > Is cdparanoia not compatible with ide-scsi for some reason? (why?) > > What is a good solution? (IOW, what do you do, or what do you > suggest?)
You probably have the modules ide-scsi and sr_mod loaded. (Check with lsmod .) But AFAIK, cdparanoia additionally needs sg (generic SCSI), so # modprobe sg (as root) may help. > > TIA, > -D > > -- > If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to > all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he > asks he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave > of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. > James 1:5-6 > > http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/ HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik Herder-Gymnasium Kattowitzer Straße 52 51065 Köln -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]