Re: Can't burn CDs since kernel 2.6.7 - am I the only one?
On Wednesday 10 November 2004 22:43, Alan Chandler wrote:
> Robert Parker writes:
> > The '#' before the commands that work should tell us something, doesn't
> > it mean that the user is root?
> > The 2.6.8 kernel has a bug (or security feature???) that will not allow
> > setuid root programs to run with root privilege.
> > Just become root and run from there. I suspect that all will be well.
>
> You suspect wrong. I was well aware of this "feature" having read through
> all the flamewar on lkml. All my tests have been conducted as root.
>
> It seems that DMA causes the hang, using ATAPI: stops DMA and then it
> works.
Hmm. Only time I succeeded in crashing my Woody box was mucking around with
DMA. Can you alter the DMA parameters?
>
> I also tried
>
> cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc blank=fast
>
> And this also hangs (despite the fact that I have setup
> /etc/cdrecord/default to be ATAPI:)
>
> Alan Chandler
> alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
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