Hey-
i can burn CD-R's and DVD-R's with K3B with no trouble. Today, i tried to burn to a CD-RW for the first time. I got an error message a minute or so after it started stating something along the lines of cdrecord not being run with root priveleges...

I'm sorry i dont have the exact message right now, but maybe some of you know what i mean. K3B is the most recent version, as is cdrecord. Kernel version is 2.6.5-7.108. Distro is Suse 9.1 Professional.
How can i fix this? I dont plan to use RW's very often, if ever, but i'd like to have the option.

Thanks,
-myk

Try burning as root just to test it.

As a user, make sure you changed the permissions in K3B setup.

You can also try editing /etc/group and add a burning group to include your user. Then enable it in K3B.

I'll give that a shot. The K3Bsetup is missing, presumably because it wasnt compiled into the RPM i used. I will reinstall from source so i can get the menu to setup burning groups.

Thanks,
-myk

mykrob-

SuSE 9.1 and K3b do not jive right now...

But if you burn as root, everything should be fine.

K3b setup should appear under the menu >Settings

When you access this inside K3B, it should ask you for the root password if you aren't root. You can enable the burning group here or adjust the permissions for cdrecord.

If you're going to recompile, if you use KDE no problem, but if you use gnome, I'd suggest running KDE for the first time inside KDE. (so it will be nicer to look at) Had problems before when I ran and configured it for the first inside GNOME, it was ugly, no splash screen even.

Gnome is of the devil

and mikedeatworld, the issues with Suse and K3B were a problem with the 2.6.5-7.104 kernel from Suse. All issues have been resolved with the release of 2.6.5-7.108. Fortunately, i never upgraded to the 104 kernel, because i read about the problem at K3B. I dont run an auto-updater with Suse so i can research all my vital software before installing anything.

And insyte, the Suse RPM cripples the setup menu. It simply doesnt show up.. But if you build from source, its there. I was in a lazy mood and just installed the RPM instead, thinking "i wont need that setup".. silly me.

-myk

In 2.6 you don't need the setup anymore.
Consider downgrading your kernel for the root problem.
Also install "k3b-mp3" (lets you burn audio-cd's direcly from mp3) and others.

When you do an online update with YaST can you choose to update your kernel?

Yeah try to install the other K3B optional dependencies e.g. emovix so you can do more with your k3B

mikedeatworld, yes, YAST can upgrade the kernel. Here's what the most recent Suse kernel fixes: