Re: CD burner setup problem

[bob parker <bob_parker@dodo.com.au>]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 23:14, Ben Edwards wrote:
> I am trying to get my CD burner working.  So far I have added
>
<snipped stuff>
>
> But 'cdrecord -scanbus' gives me:-
>
> cdrecord.mmap: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot
> open SCSI driver.
> cdrecord.mmap: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure
> you are root.

Hi Ben,
My wild guess is that the line above is your problem. 
su to root then try 'cdrecord -scanbus' again.

You most likely have to add yourself to the 'cdrom' group to be able to do 
anything as user.

HTH
Bob Parker