Re: CD-Burning Problem
hi Jason,
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:03:07 -0500
Jason Martens <me@jasonmartens.com> wrote:
> Any thoughts?
kernel 2.6.8 is currently a bad choice for k3b.
here (http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/news2) is why:
> Do not use Kernel 2.6.8
>
> A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8 release
> makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless run as root but
> that is not recommended). The very important GET CONFIGURATION MMC command is
> rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot see and writing commands like MODE
> SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect CD writers without it) even when the
> device is opened O_RDWR. Until this issue has been solved I strongly recommend
> to stick to kernel version 2.6.7.
>
> Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next kernel
> release should work again. :)
>
> Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1
>
> Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which makes
> it impossible to write audio cds, even as root.
there is a patch to fix the writer detection problem but i haven't seen any for
the memory leak issue yet.
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