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.