SOLVED! Re: cdrecord no workie after upgade to 2.6.10

[Net Llama!]

On 01/02/2005 12:24 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 09:51:51 -0700, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:13:08 -0800, Net Llama! 
>>> <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Turns out something was wonky with the CDRW (disc) that i was trying to
>>>> use.  Using an ordinary CDR and all is well.  I still don't understand
>>>> why cdrecord was just hanging.  I'd think that software that's been out
>>>> for as long as cdrecord would have better error handling.
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Wow, this takes me back a hundred years (TM) in time. I had some CDRW
>>> blanks that I got with a computer several years ago. At that time,
>>> cdrecord would always fail to write or blank the disks. When I tried
>>> them a few monts ago, the problem had disappeared.
>>>
>>> My money is still on cdrecord. Jorg uses low level I/O stuff that is
>>> extremely dependant on the kernel (and thus hangs when the kernel API
>>> changes even slightly), and changes (in cdrecord) are forthcoming
>>> seldom or never.
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Followup. I put up a 2.6.10 kernel (gentoo 2.6.10-r3), and cdrecord
>> works just fine (cdr discs). I'll check on performance next time I do
>> some emerges.
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> 
> Does it work as user or just root?
> 

root

All kernels since 2.6.8 only allow root to write to a CD drive.  This 
won't change unless the kernel behavior changes.

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