Re: K3b fails to burn data CD

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM Thomas Schmitt <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> [...]
> Jeff Walton wrote:
> >     $ sudo setcap cap_ipc_lock+pe /usr/bin/wodim
> >   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583845#c12
>
> A newly appeared demand for CAP_IPC_LOCK would be a candidate.
>   getcap /usr/bin/wodim
> does not report anything on Debian 12.
> But the bugzilla.redhat thread is from 2019 and my wodim is from 2022.
> This does not look like a new demand.

Looking at some of the history with the author (Jörg Schilling), it
looks like the capability was added back in 2013.  At that time
Debian's fork did not pick it up. Or maybe, not until recently.  Cf.,
<https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1580021#c4>.

> Possibly
>   https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1583845#c5
> describes reasons why it sometimes works and sometimes does not.

Given the tortured relationship between the program author and the
debian maintainer, I would probably remove the Debian supplied
package, and build k3b from sources.  Try to avoid the drama...

Jeff