>>>>> "Steve" == Steve McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> That's a _very_ old version of cdrecord - the version that shipped in
Steve> sarge was 4:2.01+01a01-2. The first thing I'd try is to upgrade to
Steve> that version!
Ok I updated that version. Below you find the version numbers after
the upgrade. However the problem persists. I attach again the output,
which is very similar but not identical one difference is
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Error: Cannot gain SYS_RAWIO capability.Is cdrecord installed SUID
root? Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a03 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C)
1995-2005 Joerg Schilling
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Another observation comes from the dmesg:
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ide-scsi is deprecated for cd burning! Use ide-cd and give dev=/dev/hdX as
device
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
Vendor: TEAC Model: DW-225 Rev: 2.2A
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
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Regards
Uwe Brauer
cdrecord.out2
Description: Binary data
Package: cdrecord Version: 4:2.01+01a03-4 Severity: important -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages cdrecord depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.4.41 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.5-9 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libcap1 1:1.10-14 support for getting/setting POSIX. ii makedev 2.3.1-75 Creates device files in /dev -- debconf information: cdrecord/MAKEDEV: true cdrecord/MAKEDEVNEW: true cdrecord/do_it_yourself: * cdrecord/SUID_bit: true

