K3B not recognizing burners capabilities

[Richard E Miles]

> K3B recently stopped recognizing my burner's capabilities properly. It
> thinks it can't burn CDs or DVD+R(W)s.
> 
> It works properly if I run it as root, but not if I run it as any other
> user.
> 
> Here's a couple screenshots - pay attention to the "Writes CDs", "Writes
> DVD+R(W)s", and "Write modes" lines.
> 
> not root (broken): http://members.shaw.ca/brianmury/k3b.png
> root (working):    http://members.shaw.ca/brianmury/k3b_root.png
> 
> Any ideas?

If you are running a 2.6.8 kernel there is a known bug that causes CD probems
when trying to write as a user. You can only do it at root. I personally
downgraded my kernel to the 2.6.7 kernel so I can write CD as a user.

-- 
Richard E Miles
Federal Way WA.
registered linux user 46097