This one time, at band camp, steve thompson said: > > I am trying to get cd writing working on a Fujitsu > Lifebook P-2040, which has an internal removal > cd-rw/dvdrom. > > First, does anyone recommend any particular cd burning > software? > > I installed xcdroast, but have not been able to set it > up so far. If I try as user, it says I must set it up > as root. But as root I get the following message: You don't need to use these programs as root - all of them are front ends for cdrecord, and that's what's giving you the error. It's much better to make cdrecord allow user's to burn cd's, and the way to do so (helpfully documented at something like line 1700 of the man page) is to change the permissions of cdrecord like so: steve@gashuffer:~$ ls -l /usr/bin/cdrecord -rwsr-xr-x 1 root cdrom 181128 Jun 21 23:27 /usr/bin/cdrecord Note the sticky bit - IIRC, as root, chmod 4755 /usr/bin/cdrecord, and then chown root:cdrom(burner, whatever group makes you happy) /usr/bin/cdrecord, and then add your user to that group. > Also, much of the time I use the laptop without the > cdrw/dvdrom inserted, to have it light (2.8 lbs) to > carry. What would be the best way to manage the > modules for this intermittent use? modprobe and rmmod are what you want here - you could probably write a short script to insert and remove the modules you need. I have one written for the sound card on my laptop, because sometimes they just act up for no particular reason. If you want a copy of my script to modify for your needs, write me back off list and I'll send it to you. HTH, Steve -- Optimism is the content of small men in high places. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack Up"
Attachment:
pgpqvEVmyf6N6.pgp
Description: PGP signature