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 > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- 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