On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Lovell Mcilwain wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I am having an issue where I can't get K3B to see my Sony DVD Writer. > > When I start it, it promptly tells me that there isn't a writing device > > available. > > > > Profile: > > System = Dell C800 Laptop > > OS = Fedora 7 > > K3B = 0:1.0.3-2 > > Sony DVD Writer Model = DRX-810UL > > Note: The DVD Writer is connected to the laptop through a very old 5 > > port hub > > > > I have ran "cdrecord -scanbus" on the command line and got the following > > output > > > > scsibus0: > > 0,0,0 0) * > > 0,1,0 1) 'TEAC ' 'CD-224E ' '3.7C' Removable CD-ROM > > > > scsibus2: > > 2,0,0 200) 'SONY ' 'DVD RW DRU-710A ' 'BY01' Removable CD-ROM > > 2,1,0 201) * > > > > I have also tried 3 other burning programs Gnome CD Creator, GnomeBaker > > and Brasero and all of those gave me errors when trying to burn a > > cd/dvd. They recognized the DVD Rom but all gave different errors when > > trying to write. > > > > Has anyone run into this type of an issue or can offer some advice? > > > > > Dumb question - did you run the k3b configuration option? You may > have to add the device to k3b's list. It will display the list of > devices k3b knows about. coincidentally, i just plugged in my external sony DRU-820A, then installed k3b on my relatively fresh f8 install, and k3b saw the device immediately. so i don't think k3b needs to be "told" about the device. at least not on this gateway laptop. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
