On Thu, 06 May 2010 09:02:16 -0400, Albretch Mueller wrote: (...)
> the LiteOn DVD burner I installed as a SATA device. However it > somehow shows as an hda one apparently sharing the same device as the > IDE CD/DVD-ROM combo that I had. Why is that? ~ cat /etc/fstab Also, "dmesg" should list both units. > I have also noticed errors/warnings > ~ > $ sudo k3b > ERROR: Communication problem with k3b, it probably crashed. $ Error: > "/var/tmp/kdecache-knoppix" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Link > points to "/var/tmp/kdecache-root" Error: "/tmp/kde-knoppix" is owned by > uid 1000 instead of uid 0. Link points to "/tmp/kde-root" > Error: "/tmp/ksocket-knoppix" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0. > Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root" > ~ > which you avoid by starting k3b as kde superuser > ~ > $ sudo k3b But you have to instruct K3B to burn with your normal user, not root. > however you get errors complaining about an "growisofs executable" ... > ~ > System configuration problems: > 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. ~ > How can I troubleshoot all of that/use my DVD burner? Check if it is already installed in your system: s...@stt008:~$ whereis growisofs growisofs: /usr/bin/growisofs /usr/share/man/man1/growisofs.1.gz If that returns no output, you'll have to follow the wise-advice of K3B: "(sic) Solution: Install the dvd+rw-tools package." :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.06.14.49...@gmail.com
