[Bug 1203559] Re: wodim doesn't find my DVD writer

[Sam Mingolelli]

Ran into the same problem on Fedora 19.  The posted workaround worked
there too:

$ wodim dev=/dev/sr0 --devices

As an alternative that always worked was to use `-prcap` instead though.

$ wodim -prcap
wodim: Operation not permitted. Warning: Cannot raise RLIMIT_MEMLOCK limits.
Device was not specified. Trying to find an appropriate drive...
Detected CD-R drive: /dev/sr0
Using /dev/cdrom of unknown capabilities
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   : 
Vendor_info    : 'Optiarc '
Identification : 'DVD RW AD-7930H '
Revision       : '1.D1'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW.

Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:

  Does read CD-R media
  Does write CD-R media
  Does read CD-RW media
  Does write CD-RW media
  Does read DVD-ROM media
  Does read DVD-R media
  Does write DVD-R media
  Does read DVD-RAM media
  Does write DVD-RAM media
  Does support test writing

  Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
  Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
 ...

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Title:
  wodim doesn't find my DVD writer

Status in “cdrkit” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  wodim --devices gives:

  wodim: No such file or directory. 
  Cannot open SCSI driver!
  For possible targets try 'wodim --devices' or 'wodim -scanbus'.
  For possible transport specifiers try 'wodim dev=help'.
  For IDE/ATAPI devices configuration, see the file README.ATAPI.setup from
  the wodim documentation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: wodim 9:1.1.11-2ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-26.38-generic 3.8.13.2
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-26-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jul 21 14:48:41 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-25 (57 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: cdrkit
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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