Confused Newbie: CD-RW as SCSI Device in Warty?

[David M. Carney]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:53:57 +0700, Brian Durant
<globetrotterdk at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> I am still trying to copy an audio CD in Warty. At this point, I am
> getting a little philosophical. With the Warty kernel, the days of
> ATAPI IDE CD-R, RW, DVD-R having to pretend to be SCSI devices should
> be definitively over, aren't they??? Can anyone enlighten me on this
> issue? I have tried pretty much everything else. To summarize, I can't
> create an image as suggested in the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide and every
> GUI software I have tried (xcdroast, K3B Gnome Baker, etc.) spits
> error messages back at me. I can listen to audio CDs and watch VCDs
> and DVDs, so what gives. I have two different CD-R, RW, DVD-R drives.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brian
> 
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Without knowing the error messages, it's kinda tough to determine your problem.

Under Warty's kernel, k3b must be run as root. 

>From a terminal, try starting it with:

gksudo k3b

Then supply YOUR password when prompted. See if it works then.

David

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