K3B not recognizing sony dvd writer

[Lovell Mcilwain]

On Nov 13, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> 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.
No I didn't run the K3B configuration option, I didn't know such a  
thing existed.  I will try to run it when I get home later tonight and  
see if that gives me any luck.
>>
>
> 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.
>
Prior to upgrading to F7 from FC6 I didn't have to tell K3B about this  
device, it found the device without me needing to do anything.
> rday
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