From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 8 07:58:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F09A16A4CE for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 07:58:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com (ms-smtp-01.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.2.55]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C3CE43D1D for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 07:58:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pogrose@twcny.rr.com) Received: from charon.paradigm-design.org (syr-24-59-213-251.twcny.rr.com [24.59.213.251])i28FwncP029235 for ; Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:58:50 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 10:58:37 -0500 From: Eric Pogroski To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20040308105837.4c67ae1c@charon.paradigm-design.org> In-Reply-To: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF474609CEB176@waexch1.qgraph.com> References: <025596A38A894B45AFE62346A6BF474609CEB176@waexch1.qgraph.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: Cdrecord -scanbus problem... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:58:54 -0000 On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 09:49:04 -0600 "Schroeder, AJ" wrote: > Hello all, > > I just recently upgraded my system to 5.2-RELEASE, as evidenced by uname -a: > > FreeBSD mephisto.qg.com 5.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 27 > 16:05:26 CST 2004 root@mephisto.qg.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/MEPHISTO > i386 > > I was able to burn CDs in my previous installation, but now I am getting > nothing but trouble with cdrecord whenever I try to execute it, so I decided > to try scanning the bus, and here is my output: > > [root@mephisto root]# cdrecord -scanbus > Cdrecord 2.00.3 (i386-unknown-freebsd5.2) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 > J\x{FFFF}rg Schilling > cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver. > cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are > root. > cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. > [root@mephisto root]# > > I looked in /dev and I saw all the devices defined that I needed, like: > > crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 18 Jan 27 16:58 acd0 > crw-r----- 1 root operator 4, 19 Jan 27 16:58 acd1 > > Cdrecord is installed along with xcdroast and other gui front-end apps, all > of them fail. Both of the drives are good because I can mount CDs in them. I > am also attaching a copy of my /var/run/dmesg.boot and a copy of my kernel > config in case I did something wrong there. > > Any help on this matter would be appreciated greatly, also, please cc me, I > am not a part of this list. > > Thanks, > > AJ Schroeder > su to root then use cdrecord scanbus or add yourself to the wheel group, then do 'sudo cdrecord scanbus' or (most unsecure option) su to root, chmod +s /usr/local/bin/cdrecord, exit root, cdrecord is now usable by 'regular' user's. Eric