k3b: cannot burn DVD as normal user

acidjuice · 03-22-2005, 05:40 AM

hi all,

i'm using k3b and i can perfectly burn both CD and DVD as root user.

however, as normal user, i can only burn CDs, as i get the following error when burning DVD:

unable to PREVENT MEDIA REMOVAL: Operation not permitted

anyone has a clue? this is driving me mad.

FYI: i'm running slack 10.1 with kernel 2.6.10.

thanks...

aj.

overlord73 · 03-22-2005, 06:15 AM

don´t know a solution for slack, but as far i can remember at the 1st start of k3b there comes a question, if "user-burning" shall be allowed!?
something in the k3b-setup options or googled for it?

if nothing works try to make a new group ´burning´, include the useraccount to this group and allow the ´burning´ group to execute k3b.

little_penguin · 03-22-2005, 09:29 AM

I had a simmilar problem too, how I resolved it was (I was using kde) and I changed the entry in the menu editor to open the program as a different user, tyed root into the user field and then had to log in as root whenever the program opens, its not perfect, but it does work

Zodar · 03-22-2005, 10:20 AM

With slack, I don't know... but in SuSE 9.2 (x little_penguin), just edit the file

/etc/udev/permission.d/50-udev.permission

(or something like it... Now I'm at work, with WinXP...)
Add (or modify if already exists) the line

hdd*: username:disk:600

"hdd*" was my case but, obviously, it could be different for you...
This is not the only way, I suppose... but works very well

Zodar

acidjuice · 03-23-2005, 02:44 AM

thank you all.

i also read that this is a small kernel bug in the verify_command procedure. however, i will try these solutions and see if they work...

thank you,

aj.

apachedude · 03-23-2005, 10:12 PM

Let me know how it goes. I have the same problem.

acidjuice · 03-24-2005, 08:27 AM

hi apachedude,

yes indeed if i find a solution i will be posting it here, as always

cheers,

aj.

mrchaos · 04-12-2005, 10:57 PM

I tried modifying my permissions and I get the same error. Let me know.

Slack 10.1 Kernel 2.6.10