On Wednesday 10 November 2004 12:43, 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.
I have seen the same behavior on one of my machines using 2.6.7/8. I burn cds rarely, so I don't remember the details - except for the need to disable DMA on the device. B/R, -- Frederik Dannemare | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Frederik+Dannemare http://frederik.dannemare.net | http://www.linuxworlddomination.dk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
