On Sunday 28 January 2007 15:53, steve reilly wrote: > > > Yast knows > > > when the distro DVD is loaded, but that's it. I have fought with > > > this problem since I installed 10.2 on 7Jan07 and it is to the point > > > that if I cannot resolve the issue, I am kissing Suse goodbye, as > > > the system is almost worthless to me if I cannot use the cd/dvd > > > drive. > > who owns the drive?
Are you speaking of /dev/hdc (my dvd player)? If so, the same user that owns all /dev : root, of course > who are you signed in as when trying to access the drive? It doesn't matter. It doesn't work in root or any user. > > at some point drive permissions must have been changed, maybe have > been changed to root only read? the default is set to let everyone > read and see the drive. > > this would explain why only yast sees it, you have to sign in as root to > use yast. The problem is bigger than that. > > why dont you change the drive back to let everyone read it? > > sign in as root, open konqueror, find the drive, right click, choose > properties, its obvious how to change from there. good luck. > > only idea I have. I think it has to do with ivman but I can't find much info on it. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
