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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:43:30 +0100
From: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
To: Clemens Schwaighofer <cs@tequila.co.jp>
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Subject: Re: still no cd/dvd burning as user with 2.6.9
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On Wed, Nov 03 2004, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I use 2.6.9-ac3 on my Laptop and I just wanted to burn a DVD-Video with
> my external Pioneer DVD writer which is connected via fire-wire to the
> Laptop.
> 
> Before 2.6.9-ac3 I used 2.6.9-rc2-mm2 and with this I could write CDs/DVDs.
> 
> <rant>
> So why is it still impossible that users can write CDs/DVDs. I, as a
> user, find this rather ridicolous that you have to patch the kernel to
> get this simple thing running. Security is important, yes, but this is
> just annoying.
> 
> I really hope that gets fixed soon, because its just annoying to reboot
> to a different kernel, just to write CDs ...
> </rant>

It should work, are the permissions on your device file correct?

-- 
Jens Axboe

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