Kubuntu useless for ripping CDs

[O. Sinclair]

onn wrote:
>>> I've never had trouble ripping a music CD to disk. Not once ever and
>>> that's on old 386 PCs with questionable CD drives under Fedora right up
>>> to Kubuntu on an AMD. I really think your problem is the CD in question.
>>> Perhaps it's dirty?
>>> Can one "rip" songs from an iso? Perhaps you can make an iso of your
>>> entire CD and then try rip that? Whoa -- brain on fire ... must douse it
>> Do you have grip installed?
> locate grip gives me "grip.ko" in kernel drivers joystick (which seems off 
> base :) ), so I would say no. 
Well, I have ripped but am using KAudioCreator Ripper, not K3b. I tried 
K3b but it is like it is conflicting with mounting of the CD somehow.

Sinclair