Re: K3b fails to burn data CD

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM Timothy M Butterworth
<timothy.m.butterworth@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to burn a data CD with K3b and I keep receiving the following error messages:
>
> cdrecord has no permission to open the device.
> Modify device settings in K3b to solve this problem.
>
> I looked through settings and didn't see anything. I tried running cdrecord from the command line and got the same permissions error. I was able to use cdrecord to erase the disk with sudo. I tried running K3b with sudo and got an unsupported error.
>
> It seems like it may be  group issue. My account is a member of the following groups:
>
> tmb@hppavilion:~$ groups
> tmb cdrom floppy sudo audio dip video plugdev netdev scanner bluetooth lpadmin
>
> Any ideas are welcome.

This is not a good sign, since you are already a member of the cdrom group.

    > tmb@hppavilion:~$ groups
    > tmb cdrom ...

Have a look at <https://forums.opensuse.org/t/k3b-wont-write/138440/20>
and <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580021>.

Jeff