[NTLUG:Discuss] Help appreciated

Sun Sep 1 15:14:21 CDT 2002

With mandrake 8.0, I installed my CD-burner.. ran into the brick wall of 
missing information in the config dialogs just like you did...  and went back 
to windows for 6 months...

The second time I got interested in burning in linux, I found a 'SCAN BUS' 
button in gnome toaster ( rpm is included in the download version of 8.1 
also. ) Pressing this button (while logged in as root) solved all my 
problems.  The values needed filled themselves in. No more issues. Stuff 
burns a lot faster than in windows (gtoaster keeps the buffer full even thru 
the end/beginning of each track, where all my windows programs complete 
burning each track before they start loading the buffer for the next.)   
Gnome toaster runs fine in KDE or any x  desktop.

I didn't have my burner installed during installation, and I answered "NO" to 
the question: do you have any SCSI devices?  I never thought about installing 
a module in the kernal, it just worked once I told it to scan the bus for 
devices. Gnome Toaster must handle the SCSI level communication without 
specifically setting it up as a kernal module, or it the module must get 
installed realtime when its needed. 

I've successfully given permission for my user account to write to the device 
that the burner is on (chmod /dev/____  666  ) ... but Mandrake security sees 
fit to undo those permissions for me when it runs nightly.   Instead of fight 
that battle, I just su to root when I need to burn something. running 
gtoaster from command line (a terminal window) gives you a little more 
information when you get a bad burn.. some errors dump to the terminal 
instead of the log... 

Topical guidelines to make gnome toaster work:
1. install the gnome toaster rpm
2. su to root in a terminal window
3. run #gtoaster
4. choose edit -> preferences on the menu
5. go to the CD recorder setup page
6. at the bottom is the 'SCAN BUS' button
7. burn something

Note: you can drag multiple files by first selecting them with shift/ctrl 
mouse schemes, then dragging with the right mouse button.. took me forever to 
figure that out.

Good luck
> OK,  I am running Mandrake 8.1 and
> the burner is new and not attached during installation.
> I have tried the burner from the command line but since I don't have the
> ide-scsi driver configured properly it won't work.
>
> Rights.  Well that is another question.  Only in root. I would like to be
> able to run it from my /home/me/.
>
> When I ran "grep /sbin/insmod -p ide-scsi"   it said no module by that name
> found.
>
> When I run "locate ide-scsi" it finds 3.
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
> /usr/src/linux-2.4.8/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.h
> /lib/modules/2.4.8-26mdk/kernal/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.o.gz
>
> The burner is a Cendyne ATAPI ide CD-RW.
>
> So I need to configure the ide-scsi module for my CD-RW
> Give permissions to my home/me to run the burn.
> Find informatin on the proper parameters for the burn. ( too many choices
> and not enough information)
>
> Thanks
> Garion
>
> Bobby Wrenn <bjwrenn at augustmail.com> wrote:
> >On Wednesday 28 August 2002 09:05 am, you wrote:
> >>    I am not a programmer,nor do I want to be.   I love Linux but I don't
> >> want or need the frustration of trying to get my stuff to work.   Right
> >> now I want to use my 3 month old CDR that I still don't have working
> >> under Linux.
> >> Too many ifs, ands and buts to the set up.
> >> I, like most others out here, I don't have the background to understand
> >> the HOWTO's.  There is too much stuff that is just understood by a
> >> programmer that is left out or too many variables for each distro that
> >> is left out for HowTo's to be of value.        I just want my crap to
> >> work.
> >>
> >> If any body knows where I can get continuing personal help or wants to
> >> give me phone help, I will compensate.
> >>    Garion
> >
> >I understand your frustration. I approached Linux from the frustrated
> > Window$ user direction.
> >
> >I the beginning it was very frustrating. Part of the problem with asking
> >questions on a list like this is how you ask the question. Tell us what
> > you have and what you want to do. Then tell us what you have done. More
> > information is better.
> >
> >Now, to your question. I believe you are saying you are having trouble
> >getting a CE Burner to work. Here are some question which might get us a
> >little further down the road to a solution.
> >
> >What distribution and version of Linux are you using?
> >Was the burner attached during install?
> >Have you tried operating the burner from the command line?
> >Do you have rights (there is another whole topic) to the device? In
> > simpler terms, are you root?
> >What is the burners interface (SCSI, IDE, USB, Parallel)?
> >
> >
> >HTH
> >Bobby
> >
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