On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 14:42 -0400, JoeHill wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2005 17:00:20 +0100 > Ian disseminated the following: > > > On Friday 13 May 2005 16:36, Miark wrote: > > > On Fri, 13 May 2005 10:05:32 +0100, Margot wrote: > > > > > > [a half-mile of useless quotes snipped--take a hint people] > > > > > > > One thing nobody seems to have mentioned so far - to burn > > > > successfully, you must use k3b as root, not as normal user. > > > > > > > > If you open k3b as root - either use a root terminal to open > > > > k3b, or use the command kdesu k3b in a run command box and > > > > then give your root password - then you should have access to > > > > ALL files, no need to copy them to /home. > > > > > > I've always understood that one should do as little as possible > > > as root for security and whatever other reasons. Isn't this kind > > > of a Bad Thing (tm) to make people su for such a common task? > > > > Strange, I'm using K3B 0.11.20 here with cdrdao 1.1.9, cdrecord > > 2.1.1a01-dvd, > > dvd+rw-format4.10, growisofs 5.21, makeisofs 2.1 and haven't gone into root > > to burn anything. > > Do: > > uname -r > > >From what I've gleaned from Tom Brinkman's posts on this subject, it's a > >kernel > issue, not the software you are using to burn. If you did an upgrade, and did > not install the newer kernel, your kernel may still be the older patched > version. MandrXXX, up to now, had patched the kernel to allow for burning apps > to access kernel space directly, but no longer. Something to do with > conforming > to the LSB (IIANM), which personally I think is a dumb idea, but I'm no > expert. > > To address the previous posts, I don't see why a distro cannot allow for two > versions of the kernel, one for people who are setting up their machine as a > fully functional desktop box, another for those who are setting said box up > as a > server and are perhaps more paranoid about security. Anyhow, that's just my > somewhat, possibly terribly, misinformed opinion.
Has anyone checked this out yet? http://www.planetbeagle.org/ Halfway down the page there is a link titled "The definitive guide to CD writing on recent 2.6 kernels". You might find it useful. -- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BF Computer Consulting
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