In preferences, there is a combobox for selecting the cdrom device.
By default, there is no selection : the combobox is empty.
When I click on the combobox, I have a list of 1 item : my cd rom device.
If I click on it, nothing happens : the selected item is still empty, the device is not selected.
In gconf-editor, /apps/sound-juicer/device is still empty.
I don't know if it is a sound-juicer bug or a gtk bug (I think I had a similar problem in brasero), but this bug makes sound-juicer totally unusable (it cannot detect a cd).
I tested on two different computers having ubuntu 11.10, with different cdrom device, I have the same problem.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: sound-juicer 2.32.1+20110330-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 28 14:21:44 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: sound-juicer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Can you start sound-juicer from the terminal and reproduce the error? This should give more specific clues on the error. I'd then suggest trying the --device=/dev/cdrom (or whatever /dev/ link points to your cd device) argument to see if that helps.