On Wednesday 27 April 2005 00:29, Luigi Pinna wrote: > Alle 21:58, martedà 26 aprile 2005, Steve Herber ha scritto: > > I have similar problems. > > One difference between my old RedHat systems and Gentoo is in device > > permissions. In RedHat, when you login to the console, text or X, a > > script runs that gives your UID access to lots of typical, > > cd/dvd/mouse, devices. In Gentoo, you need to be in the proper > > group, as set in /etc/group. Use the vigr command. > > > > Hope this helps a bit. > > The problem is that doesn't works as root too (and root has no > permission problems...). > The strange is that the CD-ROM units work good with data disc (data, > video, music, ecc.) but not with DVD or CD-Audio. > I think that they need the raw access to the device and the problem is > there... But in the kernel all is enable about the CDs... > Which are the right options that they must enable? Or which kind of try > can I do to look if it's the raw access?
You could be on the right track. Are you using IDE or SCSI? What do you mean about DVD? Can DVD's be read in data mode? If not that's very strange as they should be handled exactly like data cdroms for data. For playing dvd's something different happens. Perhaps you can open a bug report. Paul -- Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net
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