On July 25, 2003 12:42 am, 012950864@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > It's CD recording again. I learned of the k3b package the other days on the > list and then, I downloaded and installed the package right away. It looks > nice to use; but I still have problems with it. Whenever I start it up, k3b > keeps on reporting "cdrdao does not support ATAPI reader device". I have on ... it sounds to me like you are trying to use the *reader* device to burn your CD.... > my system a Yamaha CD writer and SONY CDROM drive. As I noticed, the Yamaha > CD writer is recognized as a SCSI device (perhaps, a result of the module > ide-scsi); but the SONY CDROM drive is not. And, when I used: AFAIK the scsi emulation is required for atapi writers to work... I gather this will change with the upcoming 2.6 kernel... > $ cdrecord -scanbus dev=ATAPI > > It found the SONY drive on 0,1,0. > > I, actually, can use burn:/// in Nautilus to copy any data to a CD. But I > cannot copy a CD to another CD. I tried the GNOME-toaster and k3b but > failed (probably because of the SONY drive not being recognized/supported > by cdrdao). No. If you can use the burn:/// feature, it means that magicdev is running. *disable* or remove magicdev before using _any other_ cd burning application. (See the shrike-list archives for further info on the wanton woes and tribulations of CD burning in RH 9 and its relationship to magicdev.). Cheers & HTH, Elton ;-) -- http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/stats/team/team_4504.html "You only live once, so let's make life EASIER for each other." LINUX Registered User #193975. AMD-K7 ATHLON CPU power on board. -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
