Windows program cannot see CD device

jaezcurra · Post by **jaezcurra** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:11 am

The Windows program needs a CD to be into the CD-ROM device. When I run the program (the installation was 100% OK) I always get a message about there is no CD.
Whenever I launch winecfg I get this message if I click on the Devices tab: "fixme:ntdll:server_ioctl_file Unsupported ioctl 24000 (device=2 access=1 func=0 method=0)". In that tab I can see that the CD is recognised by Wine (Label and Serial # are listed).
Any suggestion?
P.S.: I am running Wine 1.0.0

Post by **dimesio** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:17 am

Sounds like a copy protection issue. What app is it? Have you checked the AppDB?

jaezcurra · Post by **jaezcurra** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:32 am

It's an Spanish app: the "Official Spanish Dictionary" (former version). Once installed in your PC (as I said before, the installation under Wine is 100% OK), the software needs the CD to be placed in the CD-ROM device.
Everything seems to be OK, as in the Wine Devices tab you can see that D: is /media/cdrom0.
The problem seems to be a rights one, as cdrom0 belongs to root and I cannot change that.

Francesco · Post by **Francesco** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:44 am

I don't think the problem is a rights one. If it was the case, you were not able to install your apllication !

Like Dimesio : "Sounds like a copy protection issue."

jaezcurra · Post by **jaezcurra** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:52 am

But when you run it in a Windows box you do not encounter such a problem and you can even have virtual CD devices and everything goes seamlessly.

Francesco · Post by **Francesco** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:05 am

Wine tells you : "Unsupported ioctl 24000". On a box, you install windows. So, the ioctl is supported. Don't forget wine is a implementation of Window API and is not complete.

Open a bug about this ioctl method...

jaezcurra · Post by **jaezcurra** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:55 am

Francesco wrote:Wine tells you : "Unsupported ioctl 24000". On a box, you install windows. So, the ioctl is supported. Don't forget wine is a implementation of Window API and is not complete.

Open a bug about this ioctl method...

How do I open this bug?

Francesco · Post by **Francesco** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:52 am

Just go on http://bugs.winehq.org/

Post by **dimesio** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:56 am

Before you file a bug, find out what kind of copy protection your app uses and make sure it's not already a known problem.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-93f1796 ... 9a15e992f6
http://wiki.winehq.org/CopyProtection
http://wiki.winehq.org/Bugs

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:13 am

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:44 AM, Francesco <[email protected]> wrote:

I don't think the problem is a rights one. If it was the case, you were not able to install your apllication !

I disagree. Some applications with copy protection install without
checking the media (to pass the copy protection tests) but then do
this periodically when you run the application. I believe wc3 did
exactly that.

Francesco · Post by **Francesco** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:58 am

I disagree. Some applications with copy protection install without
checking the media (to pass the copy protection tests) but then do
this periodically when you run the application. I believe wc3 did
exactly that.

That's true. But when I said "I don't think the problem is a rights one", I was talking about permission. It was an answer to "The problem seems to be a rights one, as cdrom0 belongs to root and I cannot change that."

If jaezcurra had not at least read access on his cdrom drive, then he could not install his software...

John Drescher · Post by **John Drescher** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:51 am

That's true. But when I said "I don't think the problem is a rights one", I was talking about permission. It was an answer to "The problem seems to be a rights one, as cdrom0 belongs to root and I cannot change that."

Sorry. I am reading this via the email client and got confused from
the lack of quoting on what was replied to. Not your fault but
sometimes hard to follow unless read very carefully...

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:35 am

jaezcurra wrote:It's an Spanish app: the "Official Spanish Dictionary" (former version). Once installed in your PC (as I said before, the installation under Wine is 100% OK), the software needs the CD to be placed in the CD-ROM device.
Everything seems to be OK, as in the Wine Devices tab you can see that D: is /media/cdrom0.
The problem seems to be a rights one, as cdrom0 belongs to root and I cannot change that.

You have to make sure that:
1. You have at least read access to the cdrom device (see where /dev/cdrom* points to)
2. The type of the d: drive have to be set to auto-detect or cdrom.

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:41 am

Francesco wrote:Wine tells you : "Unsupported ioctl 24000". On a box, you install windows. So, the ioctl is supported. Don't forget wine is a implementation of Window API and is not complete.

Open a bug about this ioctl method...

No need to because IOCTL_CDROM_READ_TOC is supported. But only for cdroms of course.

Don't suggest something you do not know.

Francesco · Post by **Francesco** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:59 pm

No need to because IOCTL_CDROM_READ_TOC is supported. But only for cdroms of course.

Don't suggest something you do not know.

Sorry, I made a basic mistake, I looked for the method number 24000 in ntddcdrm.h !

Thank you to have correct me.