access denied to /midia [solved]

[Thix]

I just can't have access via Dolphin to the content of some dvds which are films that a friend of mine recorded from VHS tapes. Despite the fact that I'm able to watch those dvds without problem, every time I try to access the content of any of those DVDs I get the message: "access denied to /midia/name of the DVD". How do I get it solved? I'm current using Kubuntu 9.10.

~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN700/VN800/P4M800CE/Pro Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. Device 2702 (rev 01)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5500] (rev a1)

[Snowhog]

Re: access denied to /midia

Alt-F2 and type:

kdesudo dolphin

Enter your password. Dolphin will launch 'as Root' and you can then access the mounted DVD.

[Thix]

Re: access denied to /midia

Thanks a lot, Snowhog! Your tip worked perfectly!

[Snowhog]

Re: access denied to /midia

You're welcome.

Be very careful running Dolphin in Root mode. Use it this way when required to operate on root owned files/folders. When you are done doing what you need to do, quit Dolphin - DO NOT CONTINUE TO USE IT for normal purposes while in Root mode.

[Thix]

Re: access denied to /midia

Right. Good to know it. But, can I make use of the same command line to grant access to other softwares to the DVDs? For example, can I do a 'kdesudo cinelerra'?

[Snowhog]

Re: access denied to /midia

For example, can I do a 'kdesudo cinelerra'?

Run programs as they were designed to be run. Unless an application requires to be started by 'root' you shouldn't do so. If the program is in the K Menu, just launch it from there normally. If it's a non-GUI application that you run from the command line, execute it normally.

Do not get 'root' happy. That is the fastest way to trash your system.

[Thix]

Re: access denied to /midia [solved]

Thanks, again. Mate.