Re: k3b sees no dvd/cd writers on system

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Antonio Olivares wrote:

> aside from having no sound, also k3b tells me that
> there are no dvd/cd writers present on my system
> 
> No CD/DVD writer found.
> K3b did not find an optical writing device in your
...

You've got several problems.

> Good thing I ran k3b from CLI/Konsole and I got the
> following:
> 
> [olivares localhost Downloads]$ k3b &
> [1] 7888
> [olivares localhost Downloads]$ kbuildsycoca
> running...
> *** buffer overflow detected ***:
> /usr/bin/dvd+rw-format terminated

problem 1: dvd+rw-format crashed
There's an open bz against this already.

> /dev/sr1 resolved to /dev/sr1
> (K3bDevice::Device) could not open device /dev/sr1 for
> reading
>                     (Permission denied)

problem 2: you don't have permission to access the cdrw.  ConsoleKit issue?

Neither is k3b's fault.

-- Rex