[ale] Mandrake 10.1 Official & K3b

[Matt Magee]

On Thursday 30 December 2004 05:14 am, Raylynn Knight wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 05:46 -0500, Sergio Chaves wrote:
> >  From K3b.org:
> >
> >
> >   "Do not use Kernel 2.6.8
> >
> > A patch that was introduced into the kernel shortly before the 2.6.8
> > release makes K3b and also the dvd+rw-tools unusable on Linux (unless
> > run as root but that is not recommended). The very important GET
> > CONFIGURATION MMC command is rejected by the kernel for reasons I cannot
> > see and writing commands like MODE SELECT also fail (K3b cannot detect
> > CD writers without it) even when the device is opened O_RDWR. Until this
> > issue has been solved I strongly recommend to stick to kernel version
> > 2.6.7.
> >
> > Update: The kernel guys are currently fixing the problem so the next
> > kernel release should work again. :)
> >
> > Update 2: The problem is NOT fixed in 2.6.8.1
> >
> > Update 3: Be aware that kernel 2.6.8 also contains the memory leak which
> > makes it impossible to write audio cds, even as root."
> >
> > I use mandrake 10.1 and upgraded to kernel 2.6.8.1-12mdk.
> > I also had to change the permissions on /dev/cdrom - /dev/dvd to let me
> > use it. originaly, only root had access to it.
> >
> > My 2 cents.
>
> Kernel 2.6.8.1-10 and 2.6.8.1-12 both from Mandrake don't solve the
> problem.  Reverting to the last kernel I had for Mandrake 10.0
> (2.6.3-19mdk) and rebooting gives me a working k3b.  Rebooting again
> with the 2.6.8.1-10 or 2.6.8.1-12 kernels gives me a non-working k3b.
> I'd say this is a problem with the 2.6.8.1 kernels.  I guess Mandrake
> doesn't do a very good job of testing the functionality of their kernel
> updates!!!

Just tried this on my box (MDK 10.1 Community 2.6.8.1-10MDK) last night and 
K3B worked fine with my cheepo DVD burner, or at least well enough to burn 1 
file on a CD/RW.

I did have to boot Non-FB to get anything to work right though, which I need 
to find an explanation for.