How do I copy Audio CDs

[Ben Edwards (lists)]

On Wed, 2004-10-20 at 19:47 +0200, Renato Biolcati Rinaldi wrote:
> Il giorno mer, 20-10-2004 alle 18:02 +0100, Ben Edwards ha scritto:
> > Could someone please give me advise on copying Audio CDs.  I have tried
> > using k3b but, it seems to work but then it wont play in a domestic CD
> > player.  This should work as it works OK using Roxio under Windows.
> 
> If you're using kernel 2.6.8 you may need to downgrade to 2.6.7 in order
> to be able to burn audio CDs with K3B according to K3B web site:

I've gone back to 2.6.7

ben at red ~ $ uname -a
Linux red 2.6.7-1-686-smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 13 06:26:39 UTC 2004 i686
GNU/Linux
ben at red ~ $

And tried doing a clone CD both as Audio and RAW - still douse not play
on CD player ;(

It seem to run OK (I did not do it as root however).

Any Ideas?

Ben

> ==begin copy&paste==
> Do not use Kernel 2.6.8
> A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8
> release makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless
> run as root but that is not recommended). The very important GET
> CONFIGURATION MMC command is rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot
> see and writing commands like MODE SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect
> CD writers without it) even when the device is opened O_RDWR. Until this
> issue has been solved I strongly recommend to stick to kernel version
> 2.6.7.
> 
> Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next
> kernel release should work again. :)
> 
> Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1
> 
> Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which
> makes it impossible to write audio cds, even as root.
> ==end copy&paste==
> 
> Actually I wasnt able to use K3B as user, after downgrade it works
> perfectly.
> 
> Bye
> Renato
> http://nightpassage.free.fr 
> 
> 
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