[gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

[gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

[meino.cramer]

Hi,

Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
my SATA only PC.
I thought...
When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start
k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
(or better no drive at all).

Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)

I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5 when
the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
/dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the drive
gets loaded with a already filled dvd.

Previously (exact point in time unknown ... I am not burning dvds
often...) this works without any problem.

So I dont think that the hardware is to blame here...

Are there any tricks to fix this hassle?

Thank you very much for any working device....hrrrmmm...:)

Best regards,
mcc

Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

[Matthew Finkel]

On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
> USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
> my SATA only PC.
> I thought...
> When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start
> k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
> (or better no drive at all).
>
> Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
> everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
> Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)
>
> I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5 when
> the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
> /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the drive
> gets loaded with a already filled dvd.
>

Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?

Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

[meino.cramer]

Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@gmail.com> [11-06-21 01:24]:
> On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
> > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
> > my SATA only PC.
> > I thought...
> > When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and start
> > k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
> > (or better no drive at all).
> >
> > Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
> > everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
> > Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)
> >
> > I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5 when
> > the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
> > /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the drive
> > gets loaded with a already filled dvd.
> >
> 
> Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?
> 
Yes, I did this before posting here and it does not work.

Re: [gentoo-user] To be a dvd drive or not to be dvd drive...

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Tuesday 21 June 2011 01:34:09 meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@gmail.com> [11-06-21 01:24]:
> > On 06/20/11 13:50, meino.cramer@gmx.de wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Attached to a USB port of my PC (linux-2.6.39.1 vanilla) there is a
> > > USB to IDE converter, which makes my "old" dvd burner accessible via
> > > my SATA only PC.
> > > I thought...
> > > When I connect everything as described, insert an empty DVD and
> > > start
> > > k3b, an error message is displayed saying that there is no DVD drive
> > > (or better no drive at all).
> > > 
> > > Things change, when I insert an already written DVD first, connect
> > > everything, start k3b and replace the dvd with an emplty one.
> > > Then this world is one of the best to burn dvds. ;)
> > > 
> > > I took a look into /dev and found, that there is a /deb/usbdev2.5
> > > when
> > > the drive is loaded with an empty dvd. This one is replaced by
> > > /dev/sr0 (including correct links to /dev/dvd and such) when the
> > > drive
> > > gets loaded with a already filled dvd.
> > 
> > Can you create a symlink from /dev/usbdev2.5 to /dev/dvd?
> 
> Yes, I did this before posting here and it does not work.

have a look at udev rules.

I have a dvd burner in an externel usb case for ages - and everything works 
well.

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