K3b not detecting CD-RW as 'writer'

[Andrew Konosky]

Pete Simko wrote:

>I'm running FC2 2.6.8 with K3b 0.11.12. When I go into K3b 'settings' to
>configure the app I see that it doesn't detect my Memorex CD-RW as a
>writable drive. Instead it's listed in the 'reader' tree with my DVD.
>I've set the permissions for the device file to 666, but that hasn't
>changed anything. What can I try next?
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Its a bug in the 2.6.8 kernel. Had the same problem and got the answer 
here yesterday. Look through the posts, this has been asked a lot. Go 
back to 2.6.7 or find the 2.6.8 patch.