On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > <snip> > Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using > uhci_hcd and address 2 > Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using > uhci_hcd and address 2 > Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not > ready after error recovery > Dec 25 20:46:03 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device > Dec 25 21:53:01 onlo kernel: sr 0:0:0:0: rejecting I/O to offline device > > I terminated k3b at this point and unplugged and plugged in the usb > cable to the drive: > > Dec 25 21:54:07 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, address 2 > Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using > uhci_hcd and address 3 > Dec 25 21:54:28 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice > Dec 25 21:54:32 onlo kernel: scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage > devices > Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 8200f Rev: 1.0A > Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 00 > Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 32x/32x writer cd/rw > xa/form2 cdda tray > Dec 25 21:54:37 onlo kernel: sr 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 5 <snip sig stuff> Stat of this thread is now gone, so if you've done this... Do an lsmod and see if you see sg, maybe sd_mod, scsi_mod, ide_cd. Look at /etc/modules.conf (I think that's it - thngs changed in the last decade or so). Try just reading a cd first. Does the device have any king od "write protect" switch? Use cdrecord with some verbosity flags to get some clues. Are you insertinb them with the correct face up? Don't laugh - with no names w/o labels, ... Use cdrecord to print some of the header info of the blank disc you're trying to write. You'll need to RTFM - I don't have it in front of me ATM. Do you have another node that you can test a write on to see if the disc is really OK? Hopefully that would be an RW disc. Have you tried reorienting the device (horiz <-> vertical) to see if that has an effect? It sound like you'll need to leave the comfy confines of the GUI room to solve this one. -- Bill