On 01/31/11 06:11, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Apparently, though unproven, at 09:01 on Sunday 30 January 2011,
> meino.cra...@gmx.de did opine thusly:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My setup is ASUS Crosshair IV formula. Attached to the box is a
>> USB->IDE converted. Attached to this converter there is my "old"
>> DVD burner.
> Blind shot in the dark here:
>
> What's your USE for k3b? I recently got an update with a USE flag change for
> k3B: hal
>
> Maybe your's is off?
>From what I remember, K3B uses either D-Bus or, I believe, HAL to detect
drives. So if HAL (or D-Bus) is not working properly, K3B won't detect
the drive.
Also, I have a vague memory (warning! this may be totally wrong!) that
you may need the plugdev group as well, for the detection to work
properly? Maybe?
However, my K3B ("stable" on 2.0.1-r1) doesn't have a "hal" use flag,
but it appears the latest ("unstable" on 2.0.2-r1) does.
Jake Moe
