On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:18:53 +0200, Rajko Albrecht wrote: > > > I try to use k3b as normal user but it doesn't work. As "root" there > > > are no problems. > > > > This has been covered many times before on this list. See list > > archives link at the bottom of every message (well, almost every > > message). There's an open bugzilla ticket about this, too. > > Well, these are the kind of answers I don't like. I HAD searched the archives > since days. Well, I hate questions like yours, since they lack a lot of details, but I answered politely nevertheless. ;o) > May its there but I had not seen that. Searching on the archive gives me 57 > mails containing something about k3b. No one contains a hint (as I had seen) > how to solve the problems I have. The underlying interface is _cdrecord_ and, of course, the kernel. The kernel update limits the way cdrecord can access the hardware. It's a feature, not a bug. The recent cdrtools update packages were supposed to fix this, but they didn't. > So now I'll just standing dumb: It would be > help just getting a link where something is reported about these problems. bugzilla.redhat.com > your first address for bug reports. Query Fedora Core 2, components k3b / kernel / cdrtools Find e.g. this: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/130576 > If you meant the stuff from thread > http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-list/2004-January/msg00039.html - this > isn't interesting Why not? The followup is interesting IMO. > - my devices ARE set as scsi-devices. Why? That's a mistake with Fedora Core 2. > (just the mostly not > used old cd-burning isn't) > > Realy, be sure: I wouldn't ask if I had found something in archive. So call me > stupid or whatever but telling something more specific would be better. A > link would be more than enough. > > > > > > 3. As I remember in earlier times there was a tool called k3bsetup. This > > > one is missing. :( tried to call it direct and via rooted kcmshell. > > > nothing happens. > > > > Read the Fedora Core 2 release notes. k3bsetup2 is not included, > > because it is not needed. > > > > > cdrecord and so on have the suid flag as i could see. > > > > No, they should not. Disable the suid flag again. > > Then I should ask myself why k3b is hinting me that I should setup > cdrecord/cdrdao to suid root when i disable it. By default it does not do that. That warning is disabled in the FC2 package. > (package from xcyb.org and Part of your problem. Stick to Fedora Core packages, since xcyborg's packages may be different, may contain or lack FC2 patches, and so on. -- Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.8-1.541 loadavg: 1.13 1.12 0.72