On 7/30/06, Steven Pasternak <stevenp500@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When I start k3b, I get a warning message saying: >> >> «cdrecord will be run without root privileges >> It is highly recommended to configure cdrecord to run with root >> privileges. Only then cdrecord runs with high priority which increases >> the overall stability of the burning process. Apart from that it >> allows changing the size of the used burning buffer. A lot of user >> problems could be solved this way. This is also true when using SuSE's >> resmgr. >> Solution: Use K3bSetup to solve this problem.» >> >> How can I solve that? I have tried >> >> $K3bSetup >> bash: K3bSetup: command not found >> $ >> >> and >> >> $ k3bsetup >> bash: k3bsetup: command not found >> $ > > Solved meanwhile with: > > chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrecord > Why???????? That is only needed on linux < 2.6.9 (FC1-FC2). On the newer (FC3+) versions, cdrecord only needs normal privileges. That is why k3bsetup is gone; it doesn't apply to Fedora anymore (unless you are on FC1 or FC2; not recommended).
Thanks, Rex and Steven. I am on FC5. By doing chmod 4711 /usr/bin/cdrecord solved the problem with the mentioned warning given by k3b. However, k3b was unable to record or blank CD-RWs, and furthermore with cdrecord, I got "Cannot get mmap for 4198400 Bytes on /dev/zero" This problem had already been discussed here before: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fedora-list&m=114760874326564&w=2 Finally, after having done some searches on Google, I got the following workaround: /etc/security/limits.conf: * hard memlock unlimited * soft memlock unlimited which really works in my case. See also http://www.gatago.com/linux/redhat/9984299.html Paul
