Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:29:09 -0800 From: "Derrick Ryalls" <ryallsd@gmail.com> To: "Oliver Iberien" <oliver-forward@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: k3b incorrectly identifies scsi r/w drive as read-only -- how to change? Message-ID: <d5eb95fc0603241229r56932aadw38181449a5081dde@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200603241226.21325.oliver-forward@charter.net> References: <200603241201.13230.oliver.iberien@charter.net> <d5eb95fc0603241212u49eec236ufacb4b9cf30a5937@mail.gmail.com> <200603241226.21325.oliver-forward@charter.net>
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On 3/24/06, Oliver Iberien <oliver-forward@charter.net> wrote: > > On Friday 24 March 2006 12:12, you wrote: > > On 3/24/06, Oliver Iberien <oliver.iberien@charter.net> wrote: > > > I've got my Plextor PX-W4012S SCSI R/W drive recognized by k3b by > adding > > > ALL ALL =3D NOPASSWD: /sbin/camcontrol devlist > > > to sudoers and starting k3b with sudo. Unfortunately, k3b has the ide= a > > > that > > > this is read-only. In "Setup Devices" there is no way to remove a > device > > > from > > > the "readonly" heading and place it under "writer drives," and none o= f > > > the options except for the cdrao editor are editable. Attempting to > > > change the driver crashes the program. > > > > > > k3b must be reading this from somewhere, but where? The drive is r,w > is > > > fstab. > > > > I don't have access to my laptop (where I recently dealt with this), bu= t > > /etc/devfs.conf (i think) has places where you can set the permission t= o > > devices. I believe I did 0666 (read/write to all) for acd0, cdrom0, > pass0, > > and perhaps 1 other. After that (and manually setting perms to > > /dev/<list>) I was able to use k3b without being root. > > I had done that. I can access the drive, but it is still not being > correctly > recognized as a writer. > > Oliver > What happens when you run k3b as root (just to test) Also, what are the permissions on (assuming the writer is the first cd device) /dev/cd0 /dev/acd0 /dev/pass0
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