am having similar problem I think - with k3b - using edgy with AMD64 k3b log below : ================================================================================================================ System ----------------------- K3b Version: 0.12.17 KDE Version: 3.5.5 QT Version: 3.3.6 Kernel: 2.6.20.6-01 Devices ----------------------- ASUS DRW-1814BLT 1.04 (/dev/scd0, ) at /media/cdrom0 [CD-R; CD-RW; CD-ROM; DVD-ROM; DVD-RAM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD-R DL; DVD+R; DVD+RW; DVD+R DL] [DVD-ROM; DVD-R Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Sequential; DVD-R Dual Layer Jump; DVD-RAM; DVD-RW Restricted Overwrite; DVD-RW Sequential; DVD+RW; DVD+R; DVD+R Double Layer; CD-ROM; CD-R; CD-RW] [SAO; TAO; RAW; SAO/R96P; SAO/R96R; RAW/R16; RAW/R96P; RAW/R96R; Restricted Overwrite; Layer Jump] Used versions ----------------------- cdrecord: 2.1.1a03 cdrecord ----------------------- /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.20.6-01 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. scsidev: '1,0,0' scsibus: 1 target: 0 lun: 0 /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/sg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. Make sure you are root. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc /usr/bin/X11/cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup . Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2005 Joerg Schilling NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial (modified) release of cdrecord and thus may have bugs that are not present in the original version. Please send bug reports and support requests to