Virtual CD/DVD burner for Fedora

[jd1008]

On 01/23/2015 08:49 PM, Philip Keogh wrote:
> 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/
>
# cat .cdemu-daemon.log
Starting CDEmu daemon with following parameters:
  - num devices: 2
  - ctl device: /dev/vhba_ctl
  - audio driver: pulse
  - bus type: session

Received signal - Terminated
Stopping daemon.