K9Copy and K3b - no devices found

sultanoswing · 2009-04-10 01:14:57

I'm Running Arch with kernel 2.6.28.8-1 (a custom parallel kernel) with GNOME as the DE with the KDE 4.2.2 libs installed and the latest repo versions of K9copy and K3b.

The problem is that neither K3b nor K9copy are showing any selectable devices i.e. my Benq DW1640 DVD RW drive (which is on IDE interface, Slave 0).

The drive is detected and runs fine under Nero Linux which I have installed as well.

My user is a member of the optical group, and I've tried running both programs as root, but still no devices are found.

Not many ideas turned up on a search, other than permissions and ensuring user is a member of 'optical', which I've already done.

Thoughts on where to next?

firecat53 · 2009-04-10 02:28:13

I think there was a bug that made the link between /dev/sr0 and /dev/cdrom disappear. Most programs look for /dev/cdrom. If you can change that, try pointing them to /dev/sr0 until that little bug is fixed. I can't remember if it's a kernel bug or udev or ??? There's a thread about it here somewhere...

Good luck!
Scott

sultanoswing · 2009-04-14 10:58:55

Hmmm. I booted into the stock 2.6.29-1 kernel and udev seems to detect the drive like it should and all is working in k3b now.

Must be something to do with my custom kernel and udev.

Last edited by sultanoswing (2009-04-14 11:55:40)

sultanoswing · 2009-04-19 13:40:59

Dunno what the problem was, but a custom recompile using the kernel26 [core] package from abs is running everything perfectly, including udev and the devices. I'll mark this one as solved.

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#1 2009-04-10 01:14:57

K9Copy and K3b - no devices found

#2 2009-04-10 02:28:13

Re: K9Copy and K3b - no devices found

#3 2009-04-14 10:58:55

Re: K9Copy and K3b - no devices found

#4 2009-04-19 13:40:59

Re: K9Copy and K3b - no devices found

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