On Sat November 27 2004 6:27 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Peter B Van Campen [11-27-04 18:18]:

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cdrecord comand: ----------------------- /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hdb speed=8 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /tmp/kde-pbvanca/k3b_0.iso "

I sent the requested feedback. Now what can/should I do next? It seems that SUSE has modified cdrecord and is looking for user experiances. Note that debug info speaks of "/dev/zero" which baffles me.

Just guessing, but the copy-from drive is ?? /dev/hda ??, meaning both drives are on the same cable. If so, try again with the drives on different cables.

K3b was working as long as cdrecord etc., was set so that I was the owner. If set so root is the owner, even with UID set, it can't find the drive. XCDRoast won't run no matter how it's setup. It SHOULD be a matter of rocket science to get burners to work.........we've been complaining about this for I don't know how many versions. Fred -- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah

On Sun November 28 2004 7:13 am, Ken Schneider wrote:

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 21:13, Fred A. Miller wrote:

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On Sat November 27 2004 6:27 pm, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

K3b was working as long as cdrecord etc., was set so that I was the owner. If set so root is the owner, even with UID set, it can't find the drive. XCDRoast won't run no matter how it's setup. It SHOULD be a matter of rocket science to get burners to work.........we've been complaining about this for I don't know how many versions.

Now, it's ALL "messed up." K3b won't see the CD burner as user or root, but XCDRoast is working ONLY as root, so at least I can burn discs.

One thing I have done for a long time is create an icon on the desktop for k3b (hint - go to the menu entry, right click and hold and drag to the desktop), go into the properties and change the the "run as" to root. Now when I launch k3b it will ask for the root password and I never have a problem burning CD's/DVD's.

Thanks......simple fix!! Now, XCDRoast runs the same way.....not what I want, but it works till someone FINALLY gets "with the program" and eliminates the permissions problems that have plagued us for a very long time! Fred -- "As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks." -US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah

Peter B Van Campen wrote:

Solved!! Drag an instance of K3b to the desktop and using its 'properties' dialog to set 'run as...' to root has fixed the problem as I experience it. But Fred is right, we need to do a lot better about managing this vague "Permissions" scheme. If only it was clearly defined and documented how SUSE has setup up who, what and where they have put permission restrictions.

Another method, is to create a directory, which is configured in sudoers. Then place symlinks for all "root" apps, that you wish to run as user in it. Adjust the menu items accordingly.