I'm trying to use k3b to burn CDs. It reads my cd-rom correctly (A Slimtype combo LSC-24082K) but while it correctly detects that it can read DVDs and write CD-RWs, it doesn't think it can write CDs. (In K3b Options->Devices is reads Write CDs: No). The CDRom is in an AMD m6805 with device path /dev/ide/host0/bus1/lun0/cd. I've tried blowing away the .kde/share/config/k3brc file with no success. The odd part is that it was working before. I don't know what I upgraded to change this as I haven't burnt a CD in a while. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.emerge k3b on an m6805 2.Try and burn a cd. 3. Actual Results: K3b complained stating no device was available for writing. Expected Results: Written the CD using the available burner. Portage 2.0.51_rc6 (default-x86-2004.0, gcc-3.4.2, glibc-2.3.4.20040808-r0, 2.6.8-gentoo i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8-gentoo i686 Mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Gentoo Base System version 1.5.3 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.15.90.0.1.1-r3 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.22 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.5.2-r5 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86 ~x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mtune=athlon-xp -O3 -ffast-math -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/share/config:/usr/kde/3.3/env:/usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mtune=athlon-xp -O3 -ffast-math -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache distlocks sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow X aalib acpi aim alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avi berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bzlib calendar canna cdb cdr cjk crypt cscope ctype cups curl curlwrappers dbm dga dio directfb divx4linux dvd emacs encode esd ethereal evo exif fbcon fftw flac flash foomaticdb freetds freewnn ftp gb gd gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 icq imagemagick imap imlib innodb jabber java jikes jpeg junit kde ldap lesstif libg++ libwww mad maildir mcal mhash mikmod mime ming mmap mmx motif mozilla mpeg msn mssql mysql mysqli ncurses nls odbc offensive oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pcntl pcre pda pdflib perl php plotutils png pnp posix postgres python qt quicktime readline samba sasl sdl session shared simplexml slang snmp soap sockets spell ssl svga sysvipc tcltk tcpd tetex tiff truetype unicode usb wmf wxwindows x86 xine xml xml2 xmlrpc xmms xpm xprint xv xvid zlib"
When I run k3b as root it detects the device properly. Is this a permissions issue? Also I'm using kernel 2.6.8, which cdrecord -scanbus notes 'has issues'. This does not seem like a k3b bug after all, so I will set this to INVALID (?)
I had some problems too with the k3b under 2.6.8.1 (development-sources). I was neither able to erase the DVD-RW as normal user (error box: Unable to determine the current formatting state ...), nor write it. Example output of dvd+rw-format: bash-2.05b$ dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrom * DVD
I had some problems too with the k3b under 2.6.8.1 (development-sources). I was neither able to erase the DVD-RW as normal user (error box: Unable to determine the current formatting state ...), nor write it. Example output of dvd+rw-format: bash-2.05b$ dvd+rw-format /dev/cdrom * DVD±RW/-RAM format utility by <appro@fy.chalmers.se>, version 4.10. :-( unable to GET CONFIGURATION: Operation not permitted (But k3bsetup doesn't require dvd+rw-format suid to be set.) Then I saw your post. And indeed on 2.6.8-gentoo-r4 everything works fine.
