dvd won't write then xcdroast disappears

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[SIZE=3]I just purchased and installed a LiteOn 16x DVD R/RW drive. When I tried to burn an iso disk, xcdroast said I needed something like ProDVD. I downloaded ProDVD from http://download.fedoranews.org/cdrecord-ProDVD/2.01b31/. Everything seemed OK. Now when I try to start xcdroast, it won't start.
(edited after changes) OK, I uninstalled xcdroast using rpm and reinstalled using fc3 disk. Went to # cat /usr/local/bin/cdrecord-wrapper.sh and copied/pasted the key in xcdroast. Now when I try to burn my iso I get the following message: cdrecord-prodvd terminated. Most likely because you have intered an invalid key.
My output in the message box is as follows:
Calling: usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/scdrwrap CDRECORDPRODVD
dev= "/dev/cdrom" gracetime=10 fs=4096k
driveropts=burnfree,noforcespeed -v -useinfo speed=8 -dao
-eject -pad -data "/home/stanch/Iso/SUSE-Linux-9.2-FTP-DVD.iso

...

scsidev: '/dev/cdrom'
devname: '/dev/cdrom'
scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2
Warning: Open by 'devname' is unintentional and not supported.
Can anybody tell me perhaps where and/or what to check next?
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[taylor65]

use k3b instead - it works.

[greatscot]

And, K3b is on the FC3 disks. K3b is awesome and I can't see how I lived without it.

[stanch]

Thanks! I just installed it, along with cdrdao. It says I should configure cdrecord to run with root privileges. Did you do this?
And, if so what's the easiest way? Thanks again,
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[golding]

Thanks! I just installed it, along with cdrdao. It says I should configure cdrecord to run with root privileges. Did you do this?
And, if so what's the easiest way? Thanks again,
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As 'root' :
cd /usr/bin
chmod u+s cdrecord

To find out more 'man chmod' or Google for 'set user id'

[greatscot]

I guess I am lucky, I installed FC3 from the install disks and everything, including K3B, just worked out-of-the-box.

[taylor65]

i agree, installing everything on the CDs is definitely the easiest way to go (it's what I always do, saves a lot of time later installing more stuff).

[crackers]

I would strongly recommend against setting cdrecord to suid root - it's not necessary, for one. For two, whenever you set a program to execute as if you were root, you are making your system that much more vulnerable to being exploited. The CD/DVD recording programs and the kernel sub-systems no longer require this work-around in order to work properly.

[stanch]

Thank you again, and thanks to everyone on this. If it's true that you no longer need change the user id/permissions, then THEY should remove their warning and directions on the k3b system check! I'll admit, I was impatient, and burned a dvd as a local user. It seemed to work just fine. Anyway, now I know I can burn with my dvd, what program to use, and how to change the permissions to root if I have to. Thank again to all!!
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