After upgrading to 2.6.8.1, k3b stopped working

Pybe squalidstuff at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 15:09:02 UTC 2004


Is this still the same as my issue? As using an earlier kernel doesnt
make a difference and neither does running it as root?

Pybe


On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:22:25 +0100, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> > Paul Howarth wrote:
> >> I'd describe it more as the older kernels have a bug that allows regular
> >> users to destroy their IDE drives. This bug is fixed in 2.6.8 by
> >> limiting the potentially destructive commands (needed for CD writing) to
> >> only the root user. Further work is ongoing to safely allow regular
> >> users to do CD writing without the risk of destroying their hardware.
> >
> > Thank you for explaining the problem.  How does one track progress on a
> > particular issue such as this?
> 
> Try adding yourself to the Cc: list for Bug #130576
> (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=130576)
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> 
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