K3b permissions issues.

[Gabriel Dragffy]

But what really gets me is that it worked perfectly with NO configuration for 
about 3 days, then I started getting these problems and I don't even recall 
upgrading any packages.

I actually took my laptop in to the shop and connected the drive to it and 
burnt a CD to test if it would work with Linux, and it worked beautifully. 
Even easier than with Windows since I would have had to use a driver CD. So I 
bought the device. Had I encountered all these permissions problems I 
wouldn't have been able to spend 3 days researching a solution and would have 
assumed it to be too much trouble to work in Linux and no bought it.

What would make it change? If I remember correctly I just ran K3b setup, and 
clicked OK, then burned the disc.