I read the archives, and I know you've discussed this before, but I tried the solutions suggested and I still can't get konqueror's audiocd browser to work unless I'm logged in as root, or open konqueror in super user mode. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong, since coming from the Windows world, I find permissions and links/symlinks perplexing. I'm hoping someone can tell me what I'm doing wrong. Here's what I have: I'm running SuSE 7.3 on a dual boot system with Win98. My one cd drive is a cd recorder. Yast2 detected it correctly during the install, and set it up perfectly - X-CD-Roast works fine. I also have no problem playing audio cds. But if I try to open the audiocd browser in konqueror as a normal user, I get a "file not found" type of message (I don't remember the exact words, and I have to send email from Windows). In trying to figure out what to put in the audio io slave setup in control center I found I have the following that seemed likely candidates: /cdrecorder /cdrom /dev/cdrecorder /dev/cdrom /media/cdrecorder /media/cdrom /dev/sr0 I've tried putting each in as the audio io slave, as well as trying autodetect, but none of them seem to work, even though some seem to give full access to everyone. That's if I'm reading the permissions correctly, which I'll admit is by no means certain. At this point, I'm just plain lost. Please help. Rosanne ----------------------------------- dimesio@earthlink.net
Thought I'd post the answer, since the problem turned out to be the way Yast2 had set some things up, and mine was a default installation. First, I had to add myself to the disk group - Yast2 hadn't done it. Second, Yast2 had both /dev/cdrecorder and /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/sr0. I don't know why, shouldn't /dev/cdrom have pointed to /dev/scd0, or am I misunderstanding things? In any case, the permissions for /dev/scd0 are what needed to be changed - once I gave the group (disk) write access for it, autodetect worked. It also works to simply enter /dev/scd0 as the audio io slave. Now, a question. In the process of trying to fix this, I discovered that the owner and group for /dev/sr0 changes according to who I'm logged in as. If I log in as root, the owner and group are root. If l log in as myself, I am the owner and users is the group. Log in as another user, that user is the owner with users as group. This is not the case with any of my other drives, all of which are root owner and disk group regardless of who I log in as. Is this typical for Linux, or is it another Yast2 setup peculiarity? Any explanation as to why a cdwriter would be set up this way, and not any other drives? Rosanne ----------------------------------- dimesio@earthlink.net
On Monday 24 December 2001 13.15, Rosanne DiMesio wrote:
Thought I'd post the answer, since the problem turned out to be the way Yast2 had set some things up, and mine was a default installation.
First, I had to add myself to the disk group - Yast2 hadn't done it.
Second, Yast2 had both /dev/cdrecorder and /dev/cdrom pointing to /dev/sr0. I don't know why, shouldn't /dev/cdrom have pointed to /dev/scd0, or am I misunderstanding things? In any case, the permissions for /dev/scd0 are what needed to be changed - once I gave the group (disk) write access for it, autodetect worked. It also works to simply enter /dev/scd0 as the audio io slave.
All this should be in the FAQ already. It is a very frequently asked question.
Now, a question. In the process of trying to fix this, I discovered that the owner and group for /dev/sr0 changes according to who I'm logged in as. If I log in as root, the owner and group are root. If l log in as myself, I am the owner and users is the group. Log in as another user, that user is the owner with users as group. This is not the case with any of my other drives, all of which are root owner and disk group regardless of who I log in as. Is this typical for Linux, or is it another Yast2 setup peculiarity? Any explanation as to why a cdwriter would be set up this way, and not any other drives?
A regular user should as a general rule not have device level access to hard disk partitions, as this would set aside all unix style permission settings. A cd writer otoh is another matter. Merry Christmas Anders
On 12/24/01 at 5:11 PM Anders Johansson wrote:
All this should be in the FAQ already. It is a very frequently asked question.
It isn't, but I'm willing to take a stab at writing something up. Rosanne ----------------------------------- dimesio@earthlink.net
On Tuesday 25 December 2001 16.36, Rosanne DiMesio wrote:
On 12/24/01 at 5:11 PM Anders Johansson wrote:
All this should be in the FAQ already. It is a very frequently asked question.
It isn't, but I'm willing to take a stab at writing something up.
I already wrote an entry a while ago. It just hasn't found its way into the faq. Togan...? //Anders
* Rosanne DiMesio;
On 12/24/01 at 5:11 PM Anders Johansson wrote:
All this should be in the FAQ already. It is a very frequently asked question.
It isn't, but I'm willing to take a stab at writing something up.
Well it is on the development version of the unofficial SuSE FAQ which has not been released yet. I am trying to add some more FAQ ones before the list if that is OK Mery Xmas to all -- Togan Muftuoglu if (argc > 1 && strcmp(argv[1], "-advice") == 0) { printf("Don't Panic!\n"); exit(42); } (Arnold Robbins in the LJ of February '95, describing RCS)
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