On Tuesday 31 January 2006 21:23, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Hi > Using Debian unstable, latest k3b. When I run > > $sudo k3b > > I get a popup error saying > > Unable to find growisofs executable > K3b uses growisofs to actually write dvds. Without growisofs you won't > be able to write dvds. Make sure to install at least version 5.10. > Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package. > > But dvd+rw-tools package is already installed on this machine. What > should I do to get rid of this error? I do want to burn DVDs. > Have you tried it as a non-root user?
> $sudo dpkg -l k3b dvd+rw-tools > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > > uppercase=bad) > > ||/ Name Version Description > > +++-==============-==============-======================================= >===== ii dvd+rw-tools 6.0-1 DVD+-RW/R tools > ii k3b 0.12.10-2 A sophisticated KDE CD burning > application > I have exactly the same versions installed, and they are working properly. Incidentally, why are you using sudo to do dpkg -l? > $dmesg | grep -i dvd > hdc: TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R6112, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive > hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33) > > > thanks > raju > I tried running k3b as root, using kdesu, and it worked fine for me. If running k3b as a normal user doesn't work, check the programs module, Search Path tab in the setup page, and make sure the paths include /usr/bin/. If all else fails, I'd suggest re-installing both packages. Hope that helps, Justin Guerin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
