Thanks to all. It is working now. Actually, I did not change anything, but when I tried it again today, it worked fine. --------- > You did not say what distro or release you are running so some answers > people supply may not be right for your system. That said, see below: > > On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:49 PM, wrote: > >> I have an external dvd burner connected to my computer, >> but when I try to run K3b, the following message appears: >> >> > No optical drive found. >> > K3b did not find any optical device in your system. >> > Solution: Make sure HAL daemon is running, it is used >> > by K3b for finding devices. >> >> How can I determine if the HAL daemon is running? >> Or if it is not, what do I need to do to make sure that >> it always does run? >> > > On my Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 systems, I do not see a hal daemon running, > but plugging in an external USB CD/DVD drive is visible and usable (I am > not set to use k3b). That makes me wonder if hal has been replaced. > > Are you plugging in the external burner BEFORE starting k3b? Sometimes a > program queries for available devices only on program start. If you start > k3b first, exit and only start it AFTER plugging in the device. Also, try > having some media in the drive before starting k3b. > > Is it only k3b that does not see the external drive. If the who system > does not see it, the problem is more likely the external drive or not > having a valid driver for it. You might try an lsusb to see if it is even > visible to Linux. I get "Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0411:01dc BUFFALO INC. > (formerly MelCo., Inc.)". > > You could also do an lshw -short before plugging it in and another after > to > see if another line was listed such as "/2 scsi7 storage". > > If you don't, try some other external USB device as a test. > >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss