[ale] Mandrake 10.1 Official & K3b

[Michael Hirsch]

This is very interesting to me.  I'm also running Mandrake 10.1 with
kernel 2.6.8.1-12 and am having no troubles.  I can burn CDs as myself
without needing to be root, or use sudo.

Which version of k3b are you using?  I've upgraded all the KDE tools.
Mandrake club has upgraded versions of all the KDE tools which might
help.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Raylynn Knight
Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 5:14 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Mandrake 10.1 Official & K3b

On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 05:46 -0500, Sergio Chaves wrote:
>  From K3b.org:
> 
> 
>   "Do not use Kernel 2.6.8
> 
> A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8 
> release makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless 
> run as root but that is not recommended). The very important GET 
> CONFIGURATION MMC command is rejected by the kernel for reasons I
cannot 
> see and writing commands like MODE SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect

> CD writers without it) even when the device is opened O_RDWR. Until
this 
> issue has been solved I strongly recommend to stick to kernel version 
> 2.6.7.
> 
> Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next 
> kernel release should work again. :)
> 
> Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1
> 
> Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak
which 
> makes it impossible to write audio cds, even as root."
> 
> I use mandrake 10.1 and upgraded to kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk.
> I also had to change the permissions on /dev/cdrom - /dev/dvd to let
me 
> use it. originaly, only root had access to it.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> 
Kernel 2.6.8.1-10 and 2.6.8.1-12 both from Mandrake don't solve the
problem.  Reverting to the last kernel I had for Mandrake 10.0
(2.6.3-19mdk) and rebooting gives me a working k3b.  Rebooting again
with the 2.6.8.1-10 or 2.6.8.1-12 kernels gives me a non-working k3b.
I'd say this is a problem with the 2.6.8.1 kernels.  I guess Mandrake
doesn't do a very good job of testing the functionality of their kernel
updates!!!

-- 
Raylynn Knight <audilover at speedfactory.net>

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