Yeah, thanks. I'm simply trying to rip an audio CD with Windoze media player. It's baffling though why data CDs work and audio CDs don't. Stephen wrote: > well you can sidestep and rip to ISO or some other application and > then feed that data to vista > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Eric Shubert wrote: >> Eric Shubert wrote: >>> Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> I have a Ubuntu 8.04 host, running a Visduh guest using vmware player >>>> 2.5.1. It's working pretty well, but I don't really use Visduh much. >>>> >>>> I'm trying to use the Windoze media player to rip a CD, accessing the >>>> CDrom directly. The Vista VM is connected to the /dev/scd0 device, but >>>> when I insert the CD, Ubuntu delightfully and magically puts the Audio >>>> CD icon on my desktop, and launches the Sound Juicer. Ubuntu takes >>>> possession of the CD device, and Visduh waits for access. >>>> >>>> I can't seem to figure out how to get Ubuntu to release the device so >>>> that VMware/Visduh can access it. Once I eject the disc from Ubuntu, >>>> Visduh stops waiting for the device. When Ubuntu has access to the CDrom >>>> device, there's no entry in /etc/mtab, so the device isn't mounted by >>>> conventional means. >>>> >>>> Can someone fill me in on where to look to find out what Ubuntu's using >>>> to access the CDrom, and how I can get it to release (umount?) the da*m >>>> thing without ejecting it? >>>> >>>> TIA. >>>> >>> To disable: >>> # hal-disable-polling --device /dev/scd0 >>> This allows the VM guest to access/control the device directly. >>> >>> To re-enable: >>> # hal-disable-polling --device /dev/scd0 --enable-polling >>> >>> Kind of a screwy command if you ask me. >>> >>> FWIW, does anyone know of a gnome way to turn device polling off/on? >> That helps, but still no dice. >> >> Visduh (running under VMware Player 2.5.2) accesses a (commercial) data >> disk flawlessly, regardless of hal polling (on the Ubuntu host) being >> enabled or not. I suppose that's because Ubuntu doesn't know what to do >> with it, so it does nothing with/to it. >> >> I'm unable to access a (commercial) audio CD though. I tried stopping >> hal on the Ubuntu host, and that made things worse, as Visduh would >> hang. With hal running and polling disabled, Visduh acts as though >> there's nothing in the drive. >> >> /var/log/messages gives this hint (repeatedly) when trying to recognize >> the audio CD: >> >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.761485] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Device >> not ready: Sense Key : Not Ready [current] >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.761496] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Device >> not ready: Add. Sense: No reference position found >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.761506] end_request: I/O error, >> dev sr0, sector 0 >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.761508] printk: 93 messages >> suppressed. >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.766526] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Device >> not ready: Sense Key : Not Ready [current] >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.766535] sr 0:0:0:0: [sr0] Device >> not ready: Add. Sense: No reference position found >> Jun 22 17:51:44 edwin kernel: [268573.766541] end_request: I/O error, >> dev sr0, sector 0 >> >> I've tried various audio CDs with the same result. >> >> Anyone have an idea? I've googled and found this error in other >> situations, but none so far with VMware player (which works fine with >> data, just not with audio CDs). >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss