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From: Alan Cox <alan <at> lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: 2.6.8.1 Mis-detect CRDW as CDROM
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.kernel
Date: 2004-08-15 23:10:17 GMT (4 years, 46 weeks, 10 hours and 37 minutes ago)
On Llu, 2004-08-16 at 00:24, John Wendel wrote:
> >>K3B detects my Lite-on LTR-52327S CDRW as a CDROM when run with 2.6.8.1. 
> >>Booting back into 2.6.7 corrects the problem. I've attached the (totally 
> >>uninteresting parts of) dmesg.  Any clues  appreciated.
> What claim? I'm not claiming anything, just trying to report a problem. 
> I don't have the slightest idea what might be causing this problem, but 

Ah gotcha - I missed the "K3B" in the report so I was confused what was
deciding it wasn't a CDRW. Are you running it as root. 2.6.8 tightened
the security of some of the commands. That in part will need adjustment
but may mean K3B needs to run as root to burn CD's on 2.6.8

Alan