[packman] problem with k3b

[todd rme]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:28 AM, todd rme <toddrme2178 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Markus Kohm <markus.kohm at gmx.de> wrote:
>> Am Donnerstag 16 Dezember 2010 schrieb Ian House:
>>> I would really like to get this issue resolved as I am unable to use k3b
>>>  the way things are..
>>
>> It's not a problem of k3b but of wodim or the device. Are you member of group
>> cdrom? AFAIK you have to be to habe write access to /dev/sr0
>>
>> Have a look at `ls -l /dev/sr0':
>>
>> brw-rw----+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 17. Dez 08:18 /dev/sr0
>>
>> To find out, if you are member of the group of /dev/sr0, use command `groups'.
>> It should show something like: "users disk cdrom" and maybe others. To change
>> your membership you may use YaST.
>>
>> Markus
>
>
> There is another, completely unrelated problem with k3b.  The packman
> version of k3b has a hard dependency on HAL.  With KDE 4.6, the betas
> of which are now in KDE:Distro:Factory, HAL is no longer needed (in
> fact with the current betas it interferes with basic functionality).
> This means people are uninstalling it and will continue to do so in
> greater number as time goes on, which prevents them from using the
> packman version k3b.  Is there any way you can get rid of the hard
> dependency on HAL?
>
> -Todd

Also, the the packman version of lgpod4 has the same problem.  HAL is
deprecated now so it is probably best to avoid hard dependencies on it
wherever you can.

-Todd