What am I missing that prevents K3b from seeing any DVDWriters?

I'm using current 11.1-Release-p10, I have two SATA DVDWriters accessed as AHCI devices. I've installed K3b and I think nearly all the dependencies it needs/wants (including kde-runtime-kde4, exif, sox, ffmpegthumbnailer, mplayer, mencoder), hald and dbus-daemons are running. However when I run k3b it insists I do not have any devices that I can use, and does not offer the option to add them (I'm expecting to see an "add device" next to the "refresh" button:
k3b_problem.png
I'm beginning to suspect that it is a permissions issue - but what do I need to look for/check?
 
You need to change the permissions and ownership of the device node for the burger before k3b can use it.
My my my!!

Freudian slip of the fingers if I ever saw one. :D
s/burger/burner/
 
Use /etc/devfs.rules to set permissions in /dev/, because this will set and keep them after each reboot. File permissions that don't change after reboots can be set manually.

Enable it from rc.conf: devfs_system_ruleset="localrules"

For starters, /etc/devfs.rules:
Code:
[localrules=10]
add path 'cd0' mode 0555 group operator
If you haven't already, add your users to the "operator" group (/etc/group).

Use devfs.conf, to link dvd and cdrom to cd#:
Code:
link   cd0     cdrom
link   cd0     dvd
Set additional permissions depending on your hardware. Also, check that the user has owner file permissions and that the group is operator of your mountpoints.
 
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