cdparanoia and atapicam question

[Robert Dormer]

Hello all,

I'm trying to get some CDs of mine onto the hard drive, using
cdparanoia.  All of the relevant ATAPICAM options are in the kernel. 
However, when I fire it up, it just sits there and does nothing. 
Nothing meaning no recording, no timing out, nothing.  It won't even
respond to kill -9.  I've also tried camcontrol with the test unit
ready option, same response.  Anyone know what's going on or what I'm
missing?