On Wednesday 10 November 2004 22:43, Alan Chandler wrote: > Robert Parker writes: > > The '#' before the commands that work should tell us something, doesn't > > it mean that the user is root? > > The 2.6.8 kernel has a bug (or security feature???) that will not allow > > setuid root programs to run with root privilege. > > Just become root and run from there. I suspect that all will be well. > > You suspect wrong. I was well aware of this "feature" having read through > all the flamewar on lkml. All my tests have been conducted as root. > > It seems that DMA causes the hang, using ATAPI: stops DMA and then it > works.
Hmm. Only time I succeeded in crashing my Woody box was mucking around with DMA. Can you alter the DMA parameters? > > I also tried > > cdrecord dev=/dev/hdc blank=fast > > And this also hangs (despite the fact that I have setup > /etc/cdrecord/default to be ATAPI:) > > Alan Chandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
