[paranoia] Unable to open cdrom drive; -v will give more information.

[buddy guy]

Hi, I apoligize if my question is too basic for this
list. I am trying to set up my music on my computer
using grip (on top of paranoia) and can not get
ripping to work.

When I try to rip and encode under grip (-v) I get,
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Drive status is 4
audio status is 21
In RipNextTrack
First checked track is 1
Ripping away!
Ripping track 1 to
/root/mp3/the_isley_brothers/greatest_hits_volume_1/that_lady_parts_1__2.wav
Calling CDPRip

Unable to open cdrom drive; -v will give more
information.
Rip finished
Drive status is 4
audio status is 21
Added track 1 to encode list
MP3 track 1
1: Encoding to
/root/mp3/the_isley_brothers/greatest_hits_volume_1/that_lady_parts_1__2.mp3
MP3 commandline is [-p -b 128
"/root/mp3/the_isley_brothers/greatest_hits_volume_1/that_lady_parts_1__2.wav"
"/root/mp3/the_isley_brothers/greatest_hits_volume_1/that_lady_parts_1__2.mp3"]
Rip partial 0  num wavs 1
Next track is 8, total is 8
Check if we need to rip another track
In RipNextTrack
First checked track is 9
Ripping is finished
Drive status is 4
audio status is 21
Finished encoding on cpu 0
Deleting
[/root/mp3/the_isley_brothers/greatest_hits_volume_1/that_lady_parts_1__2.wav]
Drive status is 4
audio status is 21
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and I get a tiny file where I would expect the mp3 to
end up. 
If I run cdparanoia dircectly I get
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[root greatest_hits_volume_1]# cdparanoia -B
cdparanoia III release 9.7 (December 13, 1999)
(C) 1999 Monty <monty at xiph.org> and Xiphophorus

Report bugs to paranoia at xiph.org
http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/

/dev/cdrom exists but isn't accessible.  By default,
cdparanoia stops searching for an accessible drive
here.
Consider using -s to force a more complete autosense
of the machine.

More information about /dev/cdrom:
Checking /dev/cdrom for cdrom...
        Testing /dev/cdrom for cooked ioctl() interface
                Device /dev/hdc is not a CDROM
        Testing /dev/cdrom for SCSI interface
                /dev/cdrom is not a SCSI device

[root greatest_hits_volume_1]# 

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with the -s option I get
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[root greatest_hits_volume_1]# cdparanoia -Bs
cdparanoia III release 9.7 (December 13, 1999)
(C) 1999 Monty <monty at xiph.org> and Xiphophorus

Report bugs to paranoia at xiph.org
http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/

004: Unable to read table of contents header

Unable to open disc.  Is there an audio CD in the
drive?
[root greatest_hits_volume_1]# 
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Note that I am running both prgrams as root(at least
till I can get it working there).

I actually had everything working this morning. I
ripped and encoded a few cds and then when I came back
to the computer durring the fourth cd there was an
error message which I wish I had paid more attention
to. It was a pop up window and said something like
WARNING some program appears to be broken, remove or
cancel. I stupidly pressed cancel and now I am in this
situation. I CAN still play cd's no problem.
I tried to reinsall cdparanoia and grip to get back to
what had previously been working fine. 
(rpm -e and then -i).
which did not fix the problem

Any help would be gratfully apreciated
zan

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