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

[Doug]

On 05/18/2012 12:57 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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
>
Maybe your dog could open it?

--doug

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