External USB DVD recorder

[Jim Cornette]

Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm trying to use my LG DVDRAM GSA-5163D (USB, external) in FC4. The
>drive is automatically detected as a SCSI device. a
>"cat /proc/scsi/scsi" shows:
>
>Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
>  Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: DVDRAM GSA-5163D Rev: A104
>  Type:   CD-ROM                           ANSI SCSI revision: 02
>
>I can read CD-ROM disks without any problem. However, when I try to read
>a DVD disk, I can see the directory tree and the files within the
>directories, but can't ready any file.
>K3B detects it as a burning device, but can't record DVDs (it stops
>responding). Didn't try to burn a CD yet, gotta buy a disk to test.
>
>Any clues?
>
>Thanks, 
>
>Marcelo
>
>  
>
I had a problem that was soon fixed where the permissions of the 
dvdrecorder were not set right. I had to chown the device to jim:disk 
for it to work for burning.
I am running rawhide, so the fix might only be included in the 
development tree.

What is the output of ls -la for /dev/sdx which your USB DVD player is 
mounted as?

chown user:disk /dev/sdx should change the device to the console owner.

Jim

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