I installed kernel image 2.6.8-2-686 today as an experimental substitute for kernel 2.4.27-1-386.
When trying to run k3b, it hangs at splash image, and k3bsetup2 will not start. the cd-recorder is this device: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root cdrom 3 2005-05-13 23:47 /dev/cdrw -> hdd brw-rw---- 1 root cdrom 22, 64 2005-05-13 23:47 /dev/hdd cdrecord -scanbus shows this: hjem:~# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01.01a01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Joerg 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. cdrecord: Warning: Running on Linux-2.6.8-2-686 cdrecord: There are unsettled issues with Linux-2.5 and newer. cdrecord: If you have unexpected problems, please try Linux-2.4 or Solaris. cdrecord: Warning: Linux-2.6.8 introduced incompatible interface changes. cdrecord: Warning: SCSI transport does no longer work for suid root programs. cdrecord: Warning: if cdrecord fails, try to run it from a root account. cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg*'. Cannot open SCSI driver. cdrecord: For possible targets try 'cdrecord -scanbus'. cdrecord: For possible transport specifiers try 'cdrecord dev=help'. cdrecord: cdrecord: For more information, install the cdrtools-doc cdrecord: package and read /usr/share/doc/cdrecord/README.ATAPI.setup . hjem:~# and lsmod this: hjem:~# lsmod Module Size Used by ipv6 264644 8 lp 11176 0 af_packet 22568 2 parport_pc 36900 1 parport 41800 2 lp,parport_pc floppy 61200 0 evdev 9600 0 pcspkr 3592 0 rtc 12760 0 pci_hotplug 34640 0 intel_agp 22816 1 ehci_hcd 32004 0 ohci_hcd 21764 0 uhci_hcd 33136 0 usbcore 119012 5 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,uhci_hcd 3c59x 39368 0 capability 4520 0 commoncap 7232 1 capability snd_ens1371 24932 0 snd_rawmidi 25124 1 snd_ens1371 snd_seq_device 8200 1 snd_rawmidi snd_pcm_oss 55080 0 snd_mixer_oss 20096 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 98728 2 snd_ens1371,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 11752 1 snd_pcm snd_timer 25668 1 snd_pcm snd_ac97_codec 69988 1 snd_ens1371 snd 57156 8 snd_ens1371,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ac97_codec soundcore 10336 1 snd gameport 4704 1 snd_ens1371 nvidia 3923228 12 agpgart 34664 2 intel_agp,nvidia ide_cd 42656 0 cdrom 40732 1 ide_cd ext3 127240 2 jbd 62616 1 ext3 mbcache 9348 1 ext3 ide_generic 1408 0 piix 13440 1 ide_disk 19296 5 ide_core 139940 4 ide_cd,ide_generic,piix,ide_disk sd_mod 21728 0 ata_piix 8132 0 libata 41700 1 ata_piix scsi_mod 125228 2 sd_mod,libata unix 28756 152 font 8320 0 vesafb 6656 0 cfbcopyarea 3872 1 vesafb cfbimgblt 3040 1 vesafb cfbfillrect 3776 1 vesafb hjem:~#