--- "H. S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I just recently mustered up some courage and started > using Kernel 2.6, > 2.6.8-1-686 to be more exact. > > Since then I am having a few problems. Most can be > lived with but > cdrcord is not allowing non-root users to blank a > CDRW disc. > > The messages I get are given below. I have the CD > write at /dev/hdd and > a CDROM as /dev/hdc: > > ls -l /dev/hd[cd] > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 0 Mar 23 16:48 > /dev/hdc > brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 64 Mar 23 16:48 > /dev/hdd > > The blanking works only if I try as a root. I can > though mount and read > CD's okay in both the readers as a normal user. > > And I am a member of the cdrom group. This writing > worked okay under > 2.4.26. Has anybody else had this problem? > > All help is appreciated, > Thanks. > ->HS > > Here is what I get I try: > > cdrecord dev=ATAPI:0,1,0 blank=disc > Cdrecord-Clone 2.01a34 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright > (C) 1995-2004 J?rg > Schilling > NOTE: this version of cdrecord is an inofficial > (modified) release of > cdrecord > and thus may have bugs that are not present > in the original version. > Please send bug reports and support requests > to > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > The original author should not be bothered > with problems of this > version. > > scsidev: 'ATAPI:0,1,0' > devname: 'ATAPI' > scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0 > Warning: Using ATA Packet interface. > Warning: The related Linux kernel interface code > seems to be unmaintained. > Warning: There is absolutely NO DMA, operations thus > are slow. > Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 0 > Response Format: 2 > Capabilities : > Vendor_info : 'SONY ' > Identifikation : 'CD-RW CRX175A1 ' > Revision : '5YS2' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R/CD-RW driver > (mmc_cdr). > Driver flags : MMC-3 SWABAUDIO BURNFREE > Supported modes: > cdrecord: Operation not permitted. prevent/allow > medium removal: scsi > sendcmd: no error > CDB: 1E 00 00 00 01 00 > status: 0x0 (GOOD STATUS) > cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 40s > cdrecord: Cannot init drive. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > H.S.,
This is a known issue. You need to upgrade your kernel to 2.6.9-rcX, or downgrade to 2.6.7.X. Some details here: http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/news2 (under "Do not use kernel 2.6.8") or more at google.com, I'm sure. Regards, ~Zaq -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
