[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: cdparanoia + ide-scsi = no usable drive?



On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:27:30PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> When I got my cd burner, I started using the ide-scsi module to access
> it and the cdrom drive.  This has worked well, until today.  I
> received two new audio cds in the mail.  I put one in each drive and
> played them through with xmms.  No problem there.  I then tried to rip
> the cds using cdparanoia like I have done with my other cds.  However, cdparanoia reports the following :
> 
>     $ cdparanoia -B
>     /dev/cdrom exists but isn't accessible.  By default,
>     cdparanoia stops searching for an accessible drive here.
>     Consider using -sv to force a more complete autosense
>     of the machine.
> 
>     More information about /dev/cdrom:
>     Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom...
>             Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface
>                     /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd is not a cooked ioctl CDROM.
>             Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface
>                     No generic SCSI device found to match CDROM device /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/cd
> 
> Using '-sv' as suggested simply produces more of the same output, but
> for each device tried.  Explicitly specifying the device yields the
> same output.
> 
> When I closed every app using the cd drives, removed the 'sr_mod' and
> 'ide-scsi' modules and inserted 'ide-cd' then I was able to rip the
> cds (only from the cdrom, not the cdrw for some reason), however this
> workaround is not an ideal solution.
> 
> Is cdparanoia not compatible with ide-scsi for some reason?  (why?)
> 
> What is a good solution?  (IOW, what do you do, or what do you
> suggest?)

You probably have the modules ide-scsi and sr_mod loaded. (Check with 
lsmod .)

But AFAIK, cdparanoia additionally needs sg (generic SCSI), so 
# modprobe sg
(as root) may help.

> 
> TIA,
> -D
> 
> -- 
> If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to
> all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.  But when he
> asks he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave
> of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
>         James 1:5-6
>  
> http://dman13.dyndns.org/~dman/

HTH

-- 
Joachim Fahnenmüller
Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik

Herder-Gymnasium
Kattowitzer Straße 52
51065 Köln



Reply to: