Virtual CD/DVD burner for Fedora

[Philip Keogh]

On Fri, 23 Jan 2015, jd1008 wrote:
> On 01/23/2015 12:42 PM, Philip Keogh wrote:
>> On Fri, 23 Jan 2015, jd1008 wrote:
>>> cdemu is not available for fedora. I found its sources on
>>> on sourceforge, but there is no info on how to integrate 
> all that
>>> into a single install file. As it is, it is way to 
> fragmented.
>>> Not clear if all one needs is the client or the daemon or 
> both,
>>> not to mention the other 3 or more packages listed on 
> sourceforge,
>>> If you have info on a fedora cdemu for fedora, please 
> share.
>>>
>>
>> The cdemu team recommends using alien to convert the DEB 
> packages to 
>> RPM and
>> then tweaking the resulting post-install scripts as needed:
>> http://cdemu.sourceforge.net/project/
>>
>> You could also just download the tarballs and follow the 
> directions in 
>> the
>> INSTALL files provided.
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdemu/
>>
> I found the fc19 source files and built them on fc21
> without a hitch, and installed them:
>
> $ rpm -qa | egrep 'libmirage|cdemu-daemon|vhba|cdemu'
> cdemu-client-2.1.0-3.1.fc21.noarch
> libmirage-2.1.0-3.1.fc21.x86_64
> vhba-20130607-1.1.fc21.x86_64
> libmirage-devel-2.1.0-3.1.fc21.x86_64
> cdemu-daemon-2.1.0-1.1.fc21.x86_64
>
> After installation, I rebooted.
>
> When I run the daemon, it bombs as follows:
>
> # cdemu-daemon -b system -a alsa -n 2
> Starting CDEmu daemon with following parameters:
>  - num devices: 2
>  - ctl device: /dev/vhba_ctl
>  - audio driver: alsa
>  - bus type: system
>
> WARNING: using CDEmu on system bus is deprecated and might 
> lead to 
> security issues on multi-user systems! Consult the README 
> file for more 
> details.
>
> cdemu0: Kernel I/O: failed to open control device 
> /dev/vhba_ctl: No such 
> file or directory!
> cdemu: Daemon: failed to start device #0!
> cdemu: Daemon: failed to create device!
> Daemon initialization and start failed!
>
> And of course, cdemu client dies:
>
> # cdemu -b system add-device
> ERROR: Failed to connect to CDEmu daemon: 
> org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name 
> net.sf.cdemu.CDEmuDaemon was not provided by any .service 
> files
> ERROR: Failed to connect to daemon (bus: 'system')!
>
> So, what's missing here?
>
>

What does the .cdemu-daemon.log show?

If it is a signing issue, this link may help:
http://sourceforge.net/p/cdemu/support-requests/20/