K3b will not find SCSI CD R/W Drive
Posts: 7
K3b 0.12.14 which was included in the download of MEPIS would not work. I have downloaded 0.12.17 and tried to compile it and got the following error:
checking for X... configure: error: Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!
Looking at the source code I found the following:
KDE_PATH_X_DIRECT
dnl AC_PATH_X_XMKMF picks /usr/lib as the path for the X libraries.
dnl Unfortunately, if compiling with the N32 ABI, this is not the correct
dnl location. The correct location is /usr/lib32 or an undefined value
dnl (the linker is smart enough to pick the correct default library).
dnl Things work just fine if you use just AC_PATH_X_DIRECT.
dnl Solaris has a similar problem. AC_PATH_X_XMKMF forces x_includes to
dnl /usr/openwin/include, which doesn't work. /usr/include does work, so
dnl x_includes should be left alone.
case "$host" in
mips-sgi-irix6*)
;;
*-*-solaris*)
;;
*)
_AC_PATH_X_XMKMF
if test -z "$ac_x_includes"; then
ac_x_includes="."
fi
if test -z "$ac_x_libraries"; then
ac_x_libraries="/usr/lib${kdelibsuff}"
fi
esac
#from now on we use our own again
# when the user already gave --x-includes, we ignore
# what the standard autoconf macros told us.
if test "$kde_x_includes" = NO; then
kde_x_includes=$ac_x_includes
fi
# for --x-libraries too
if test "$kde_x_libraries" = NO; then
kde_x_libraries=$ac_x_libraries
fi
if test "$kde_x_includes" = NO; then
AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find X includes. Please check your installation and add the correct paths!])
I do not know what to do next or just what is missing.
Version
Posts: 7
I am running 6.0-rc3. K3b version 0.12.14 would see my IDE Pioneer drive which is not a R/W drive, but would not see the Plextor SCSI drive. Please give me some suggestions as to which package to use.
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"I messed with the Dragon and now I am ready for the Ketchup."
~ Krispy Kritter ~
Where did it go?
Posts: 7
There was a post yesterday, but now it is gone. 
One question you asked was what version of KD I have it is 3.5.3
"I messed with the Dragon and now I am ready for the Ketchup."
~ Krispy Kritter ~
Plextor SCSi drive
Posts: 4864
did anything else see the SCSI drive?
maybe it was nothing to do with k3b, but the responsibility of udev. Can you look in the dmesg for evidence of the drive found at bootup and then check that its modules are loaded?
It is there.
Posts: 7
If I put a CD in the drive it will play. I have tried to mount the drive and I get the message back there is no media found.
Looking at the requirements for compiling K3b I find I need to get QT. So far I have not been able to download it.
"I messed with the Dragon and now I am ready for the Ketchup."
~ Krispy Kritter ~
which mepis version?
Posts: 4864
because the k3b i've used each time is fine, but if you're on an old version of mepis, an upgrade will break k3b frequently.
it's usually easier to fix things by finding another deb package than trying to compile from source