In attempting to write a single sided (Memorex 4X DVD-R recordable) DVD with K3b and SuSE 9.2, I get repeated failures (although the first attempt and only that worked) with the following consistent information (except for the file size): Iso9660 Filesystem (Size: 3.7 GB) Press burn; get in display: Waiting for media .. . Writing DVD-R in DAO mode. Using growisofs 5.21 - Copyright (C) Andy Polyakov <appro@fy.chalmers.se Starting writing... :-( unable to open64("/dev/sr0",O_RDONLY): Permission denied Fatal error at startup: Permission denied Sony DVD RW DRU-510A Displays in Konquerer as: usb-DRX510UL_SYQ13030:0.0.0 but there is no icon on the desktop nor appropriate line is fstab. It will read the one DVD I was able to burn and it reads other DVDs. Display of debugging info provides the following: growisofs comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -use-the-force-luke=notray -use-the-force-luke=tty -use-the-force-luke=dao -dvd-compat -speed=4 -overburn -gui -graft-points -volid SuSE 9.2 Backup -volset -appid K3B THE CD KREATOR VERSION 0.11.15cvs (C) 2003 SEBASTIAN TRUEG AND THE K3B TEAM -publisher -preparer K3b - Version 0.11.15cvs -sysid LINUX -volset-size 1 -volset-seqno 1 -sort /tmp/kde-dcjohan/k3b4DCZsa.tmp -rational-rock -hide-list /tmp/kde-dcjohan/k3bw9FMKa.tmp -allow-leading-dots -full-iso9660-filenames -relaxed-filenames -disable-deep-relocation -iso-level 2 -path-list /tmp/kde-dcjohan/k3b7KqC0b.tmp Any help would be appreciated. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe