[precise] k9copy: unable to open /dev/sr0

[Basil Chupin]

On 18/05/12 14:30, D. R. Evans wrote:
> Basil Chupin said the following at 05/17/2012 08:32 PM :
>> On 18/05/12 03:17, D. R. Evans wrote:
>>> After installing precise, k9copy tells me that it cannot open /dev/sr0.
>> What exactly do you mean by this?
> When I run k9copy and say "Open", it responds with "cannot open disc /dev/sr0".
>
>> What happens when - without k9copy running! - you insert a DVD into the
>> drive - does the menu come up (bottom right) "asking" you what you want
>> to do with the DVD and is the option to use k9copy there?
>>
> Yes.

I guess what I meant to add earlier was: what happens if you select 
k9copy form this menu - does k9copy start but then it cannot open sr0, 
right?

A most interesting puzzle :-) . I know that k9copy is no longer 
supported - the author gave up trying to maintain it over 12 months ago 
- but even so it should at least recognise and open disc in sr0.

OK, have you tried running k9copy in a terminal? Often this may show 
what may be causing the problem.

Have you looked at the logs in /var/log/ ?

How about ~/.kde4/share/config/K9copy to see if there is anything here 
which looks "not quite right"?

Finally, have you tried creating a new user and trying out k9copy as 
this user?

[..........]

BC

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