On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 16:26, H. S. wrote: > Zachary Rizer wrote: > > > > > This is a known issue. You need to upgrade your kernel > > to 2.6.9-rcX, or downgrade to 2.6.7.X. Some details > > here: http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/news2 (under > > "Do not use kernel 2.6.8") or more at google.com, I'm > > sure. > > Under the same section on that webpage: > 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. > > shudderrr ... o boy. I was thining of copying 3 audio CD I just bought > but was just putting it off till got some really free time. Good thing > here I delayed :) > > Okay, so if I now go home and install 2.6.7, should I expect any other > issues with it? I mean, does this kernel perform as well as the 2.4.26 > or it lacks something there too? > > Thanks for your pointer, > ->HS That news item hasn't been updated recently, but newer versions of the 2.6.8 kernel will burn properly when run as root. I've burned a few audio CDs just fine when running a kernel compiled with kernel-source-2.6.8-5. All were as root, though. Still can't as user. At least, not through k3b. There's a new version of k3b (0.11.16) out that fixes some kernel issues. Just waiting for it to get to Sid. :)
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