DId you try starting k3b from a console as root?

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On Monday 28 March 2005 09:41 am, Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
> Ismet,
>
> Thanks for your help.  Comments below:
>
> --- "Ismet Kursunoglu, MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> wrote:
> > So I am guessing that you have some automounter
> > running or that the cd
> > (data I presume) was mounted as root either
> > seperately or by k3b? I have
> > never tried to copy a cd or dvd using it.
>
> Yes, there was an automounter that worked when I first
> hooked up the hardware.  When I put in RedHat9
> documentation disk, it would automatically launch a
> dialog to install the documentation.  It no longer
> does that.
>
> > Is the device seen in the usb bus? i.e.
> > /proc/bus/usb/devices ...
>
> This is all new to me, so I'll just post the file you
> mention.  Note that I have 2 USB devices on the bus.
> The first is v1.0, the second is 2.0 or 2.1 I think.
> Note also that my mother board has 5 ISA slots and 1
> PCI slot.  I put the new USB 2.0 into the PCI slot.
> But because of the number of ISA slots, I wonder if it
> is an older version of the PCI slot--perhaps the new
> USB card can't work with it.  Anyway, here is that
> devices file:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] usb]$ ls
> 001  002  003  004  devices  drivers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] usb]$ cat devices
> T:  Bus=04 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1
> Spd=480 MxCh= 3
> B:  Alloc=  0/800 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> D:  Ver= 2.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=01 MxPS= 8
> #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 2.04
> S:  Manufacturer=Linux 2.4.20-8smp ehci-hcd
> S:  Product=NEC Corporation USB 2.0
> S:  SerialNumber=0b:00.2
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00
> Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   2 Ivl=256ms
> T:  Bus=03 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1
> Spd=12  MxCh= 1
> B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8
> #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
> S:  Product=USB OHCI Root Hub
> S:  SerialNumber=f8882000
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00
> Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   2 Ivl=255ms
> T:  Bus=02 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1
> Spd=12  MxCh= 2
> B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> D:  Ver= 1.10 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8
> #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
> S:  Product=USB OHCI Root Hub
> S:  SerialNumber=f8880000
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00
> Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   2 Ivl=255ms
> T:  Bus=01 Lev=00 Prnt=00 Port=00 Cnt=00 Dev#=  1
> Spd=12  MxCh= 2
> B:  Alloc=  0/900 us ( 0%), #Int=  0, #Iso=  0
> D:  Ver= 1.00 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8
> #Cfgs=  1
> P:  Vendor=0000 ProdID=0000 Rev= 0.00
> S:  Product=USB UHCI Root Hub
> S:  SerialNumber=cce0
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=40 MxPwr=  0mA
> I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 1 Cls=09(hub  ) Sub=00 Prot=00
> Driver=hub
> E:  Ad=81(I) Atr=03(Int.) MxPS=   8 Ivl=255ms
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] usb]$
>
> > ...and is there any special driver module that was
>
> being
>
> > loaded that somehow is
> > now lacking? i.e. sometimes things like event device
> > drivers or other
> > rare things need to be loaded prior to scanning the
> > bus on boot or with
> > things like cdrecord
>
> I don't know how to go about checking this.  I didn't
> make any changes between the time it worked, and when
> it stopped working (that I know of)
>
> > There are some graphical utilities to look at the
> > usb devices in the
> > usbutils Debian package.
>
> Well, it turns out it is standard with RH9 as well.  I
> did some research and found the lsusb command.  Here
> is it's output:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# usbutils
> -bash: usbutils: command not found
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lsusb
> Unknown line at line 58
> Unknown line at line 2296
> Unknown line at line 2297
> Unknown line at line 2298
> Unknown line at line 2299
> Unknown line at line 2300
> Unknown line at line 2301
> Unknown line at line 2302
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>
> Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               2.00
>   bDeviceClass            9 Hub
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         1
>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>   idVendor           0x0000
>   idProduct          0x0000
>   bcdDevice            2.04
>   iManufacturer           3 Linux 2.4.20-8smp ehci-hcd
>   iProduct                2 NEC Corporation USB 2.0
>   iSerial                 1 0b:00.2
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
>     bLength                 9
>     bDescriptorType         2
>     wTotalLength           25
>     bNumInterfaces          1
>     bConfigurationValue     1
>     iConfiguration          0
>     bmAttributes         0x40
>       Self Powered
>     MaxPower                0mA
>     Interface Descriptor:
>       bLength                 9
>       bDescriptorType         4
>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>       bAlternateSetting       0
>       bNumEndpoints           1
>       bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
>       bInterfaceSubClass      0
>       bInterfaceProtocol      0
>       iInterface              0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>         bmAttributes            3
>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>           Synch Type               none
>         wMaxPacketSize          2
>         bInterval              12
>   Language IDs: (length=4)
>      0000 (null)((null))
>
> Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               1.10
>   bDeviceClass            9 Hub
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>   idVendor           0x0000
>   idProduct          0x0000
>   bcdDevice            0.00
>   iManufacturer           0
>   iProduct                2 USB OHCI Root Hub
>   iSerial                 1 f8882000
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
>     bLength                 9
>     bDescriptorType         2
>     wTotalLength           25
>     bNumInterfaces          1
>     bConfigurationValue     1
>     iConfiguration          0
>     bmAttributes         0x40
>       Self Powered
>     MaxPower                0mA
>     Interface Descriptor:
>       bLength                 9
>       bDescriptorType         4
>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>       bAlternateSetting       0
>       bNumEndpoints           1
>       bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
>       bInterfaceSubClass      0
>       bInterfaceProtocol      0
>       iInterface              0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>         bmAttributes            3
>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>           Synch Type               none
>         wMaxPacketSize          2
>         bInterval             255
>   Language IDs: (length=4)
>      0000 (null)((null))
>
> Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               1.10
>   bDeviceClass            9 Hub
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>   idVendor           0x0000
>   idProduct          0x0000
>   bcdDevice            0.00
>   iManufacturer           0
>   iProduct                2 USB OHCI Root Hub
>   iSerial                 1 f8880000
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
>     bLength                 9
>     bDescriptorType         2
>     wTotalLength           25
>     bNumInterfaces          1
>     bConfigurationValue     1
>     iConfiguration          0
>     bmAttributes         0x40
>       Self Powered
>     MaxPower                0mA
>     Interface Descriptor:
>       bLength                 9
>       bDescriptorType         4
>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>       bAlternateSetting       0
>       bNumEndpoints           1
>       bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
>       bInterfaceSubClass      0
>       bInterfaceProtocol      0
>       iInterface              0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>         bmAttributes            3
>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>           Synch Type               none
>         wMaxPacketSize          2
>         bInterval             255
>   Language IDs: (length=4)
>      0000 (null)((null))
>
> Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
> Device Descriptor:
>   bLength                18
>   bDescriptorType         1
>   bcdUSB               1.00
>   bDeviceClass            9 Hub
>   bDeviceSubClass         0
>   bDeviceProtocol         0
>   bMaxPacketSize0         8
>   idVendor           0x0000
>   idProduct          0x0000
>   bcdDevice            0.00
>   iManufacturer           0
>   iProduct                2 USB UHCI Root Hub
>   iSerial                 1 cce0
>   bNumConfigurations      1
>   Configuration Descriptor:
>     bLength                 9
>     bDescriptorType         2
>     wTotalLength           25
>     bNumInterfaces          1
>     bConfigurationValue     1
>     iConfiguration          0
>     bmAttributes         0x40
>       Self Powered
>     MaxPower                0mA
>     Interface Descriptor:
>       bLength                 9
>       bDescriptorType         4
>       bInterfaceNumber        0
>       bAlternateSetting       0
>       bNumEndpoints           1
>       bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
>       bInterfaceSubClass      0
>       bInterfaceProtocol      0
>       iInterface              0
>       Endpoint Descriptor:
>         bLength                 7
>         bDescriptorType         5
>         bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
>         bmAttributes            3
>           Transfer Type            Interrupt
>           Synch Type               none
>         wMaxPacketSize          8
>         bInterval             255
>   Language IDs: (length=4)
>      0000 (null)((null))
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
>
> > Is the DVD device on when you boot or do you also
> > hot-plug the device? I
> > am sorry if I missed that part - but is the DVD
> > burner powered from
> > additional AC or from the bus itself?
>
> This is an external drive.  It has its own
> powersupply, and it's turned on.  When I press the
> eject button, the disk slides out.
>
> > Is there something else - some other application /
> > process that is
> > trying to use/access the device on bootup ? i.e.
> > thinking that is is
> > going to play/view some multimedia file or the like?
>
> How would I tell?
>
> > And lastly is sg and scsi_mod modules loaded, or
> > could it be that you
> > are only able to use it's cdrom reader capacity and
> > not the dvd burning
> > ability due to some permissions/access problem.
>
> I don't know how to tell.
>
> > What does the devices section from the k3b
> > configuration show i.e. are
> > you running it with group permissions set for
> > something like the dvd or
> > cdrom group?
>
> When I go to the devices in k3b, it shows only my old
> cd-rom.  When I first ran k3b, it showed the DVD
> player, but not now.
>
> > You might also take a look at /var/log in syslog to
> > see how and what is
> > being loaded when you plug the device in 'tail -f
> > /var/log/syslog'
>
> In my RH9, there is no /var/log/syslog file (??)
> There is a boot.log.x (in fact several of them).  When
> I look at that, it lists the services being started
> up, one of which is syslogd.  Not sure what to do next
> here.
>
> > Once you get the device loaded you might try running
> > k3b from the
> > command line and take a look at the output - you can
> > see the options
> > with 'k3b --help-all'
>
> Yeah, but I need to get the device loaded first!
>
> > I hope this gets you at least some more leads in
> > getting it to work.
> >
> > Ismet
>
> I VERY MUCH appreciate your help.  Thanks!
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
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