Device ownership usb-dvdrecorder vs. builtin cdrecorder

[Jim Cornette]

First off FC4 is fairly leading edge for someone new. I believe I 
suggested to the person having DVD problems that they try a less leading 
edge distribution.
Discussing and trying to figure out why he was having fits with DVD 
recognition led me to curiousity about DVD burners that use USB. I 
purchased a Lite-On as lsusb describes below. The permissions for the 
device are not set correctly. The owner is root vs. the cdrecorder which 
is set to console owner. The ls -la output is below the lsusb output. 
What component would a bug lke this be filed against? USB, kernel, the 
device manager?

The USB dvdrecorder works fine if I chown the device to jim:jim. I am 
about to try jim:disk since the cdrecorder seems to work fine with the 
group of disk.
Using the same USB dvdrecorder on another FC4 installation (upgraded 
from FC3test to FC3, then to FC4). It did not get things right for an 
FC4 installation which is derived from FC4test to FC4 and now 
FC4+development.
Other than trying to install FC3 then upgrading to FC4, what should be 
looked at to compare differences from FC3 that were hanging around on 
the FC4 upgrade that lead to a working system compared to an FC4 
installation vs upgrade?

I cannot eject the mounted CD in the condition that it is permissioned 
at or burn to the device. I get an ICON on the desktop and the burn 
window comes up when a blank CD is inserted. Changing permissions on 
/dev/scd0 allows burning and ejection of the drive, as desired and expected.
I still have to create a symlink for /dev/dvd to play DVD's with some 
programs. This is another issue though.

Thanks,
Jim

 lsusb -vvv

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0ecd:a100 Lite-On IT Corp.
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x0ecd Lite-On IT Corp.
  idProduct          0xa100
  bcdDevice            0.01
  iManufacturer          56 USB2.0 External
  iProduct               72 Mass Storage Device
  iSerial                92 DEF10A0EB261
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0xc0
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk (Zip)
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x88  EP 8 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0040  1x 64 bytes
        bInterval               0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1



ls -la dvdwriter
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 4 Jul 27 21:44 dvdwriter -> scd0
[root at cornette-lt dev]# ls -la cdwriter
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 3 Jul 27 13:01 cdwriter -> hdc
[root at cornette-lt dev]# ls -la hdc
brw-------  1 jim disk 22, 0 Jul 27 13:01 hdc
[root at cornette-lt dev]# ls -la scd0
brw-r-----  1 root disk 11, 0 Jul 27 21:44 scd0

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