Re: [gentoo-user] HAL permissions? (k3b sees no device at all)

[meino.cramer@gmx.de]

Andr??s Becerra Sandoval <andres.becerra@gmail.com> [10-09-15 18:25]:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 7:06 PM, <meino.cramer@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >  while installing my 64bit Gentoo on base on the configuration
> >  of 32bit system I came across the problem, that k3b did not
> >  see any devices.
> >
> >  HAD was running, butL: When "hal-devices" was executed as user "no
> >  devices found" (none! not single!) was reported, while executing the
> >  same command as root works fine. With strace I found that this was
> >  due to permissions problems dbus has.
> >
> >  I "fixed" this by removing a section (found by diffing a
> >  configuration of and old but working version of dbus) from
> >  /etc/dbus-1/system.conf, without really knowing the impact.
> >
> >  Now "hal-devices" also reports to a normal user.
> >
> >  I added both system.conf files for your information to this email.
> >
> >  "org.system.conf" is the file, which was originally installed and
> >  which does not work. "system.conf" is the hacked one, which work,
> >  but which may do other things (currently unkonw to me) things wrong.
> >
> >  What is the correct way to fix permission problems
> >  (or access rights) in conjunction with dbus the correct way?
> >
> >  Thank you for your help in advance!
> >
> >  Best regards,
> >  mcc
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I had the same problem before migrating my kernel to use ATA instead of
> deprecated IDE support for disks and cd/dvd drives. After migration,
> everything is working just fine.
> 
> -- 
>   Andrés Becerra Sandoval

Hi,

Thanks fpr your reply ! :)

I am using a IDE to USB bridge which connect my (older) IDE-based
burner to my USB port...

Its seems, no ATA/IDE driver is involved ?!

Best regards,
mcc