You need to give group access permission to the cdwriter group to the following applications (all located in /usr/bin)
cdrdao (not all burners use this) cdrecord mkhybrid (not all burners use this) mkisofs To give group ownership open a root konqueror window (KMenu>Applications>FileTools>File Manager(Superuser) right click on the file you want to change and select Properties. HTH derek On Monday 17 Mar 2003 3:43 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > I think I tried that and I think it did. > > It keeps telling me that it can't write to the burner or that I have't got > permission. > > ??? > > Oren > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anne Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 March 2003 15:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] mounting my cd-writer > > On Monday 17 Mar 2003 2:47 pm, Tsur, Oren wrote: > > Hi > > I wonder if anyone can help a confused newbie... :o< > > > > In the hardware preferences list, my cd-writer is listed of SCSI bus. > > On the other hand my normal cd-rom (dvd rom) is of IDE bus. > > > > Needles to say this question arises as I can not seem to be able to write > > to my cd-writer. > > OR..... is there something else I am supposed to do before I can write to > > my burner. Any explicit instructions will be very gratefully excepted. > > > > Oh, a small p.s. - I added myself to the cdwriter group and the root > > group but that did not make a difference. > > > > Oren Tsur > > Hi, Oren. Your burner needs to be scsi-emulated, whereas your dvd doesn't, > so > everything looks OK there. > > What method are you using to try to burn? If you start XCDroast and get up > the config screen, does it recognise your burner? > > Anne -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net
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